My Brother, My Sister, Sold for a Fistful of Lire
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Cast & Crew
Basile Sallustio
Pia Dilisa
Evelyne Bertiau
Anne-laure Guegan
Marcello Montarsi
Olivier Pulinckx
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Synopsis
Following WWII, Italy was a place of such great privation that tens of thousands of young children, especially in the rural South, were "sold" to a Neopolitan-American adoption agency for a few thousand lire. The Catholic church organized this effort. This documentary follows the efforts of Pia Dilisa to find her siblings, who were 7 and 9 years old when they were shipped to America in 1952, never to be heard from again...
Director
Basile Sallustio
Cast
Pia Dilisa
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Released in France May 26, 1999
Released in United States July 21, 1999
Released in United States Summer July 21, 1999
dialogue English and Italian
subtitled English
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in France May 26, 1999
Released in United States July 21, 1999 (Film Forum; New York City)
Released in United States Summer July 21, 1999
