Baarìa

Baarìa (2009)

  • 55% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (1,021 ratings)

Giuseppe Tornatore directed this grand-scale portrait of life and love over several decades in a small town in Sicily. The Torrenuovas are a family of peasant shepherds who have lived and worked in Bagheria though many generations. In the years before the rise of Mussolini, the family often found… More

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Unrated, 2 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Giuseppe Tornatore
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Sep 25, 2009 Wide
On DVD
Oct 18, 2011
Summit Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Simon Miraudo, Quickflix

    I'm all for bloated, confusing, directorial vanity projects like Synecdoche New York and 8 1/2. But Synecdoche New York and 8 1/2 this ain't.

  • John Hartl, Seattle Times

    The picture does have its plodding moments - but there's enough left over for the rest of us to have a reasonably good time.

  • Ellen E Jones, Total Film

    Baaria is like a pleasant package holiday: alfresco dinners, strolls through lemon orchards.

  • Allan Hunter, Daily Express

    If you have ever smiled at a Bertoli commercial it could be just the film for you.

  • Alistair Harkness, Scotsman

    All sweep, no substance.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cynthia S


    Oh how I wanted to really like an Italian film. I guess that this was not the movie that was going to convince me that Italian filmmakers have talent. I had a lot of trouble making any sense of what this movie was trying to convey.

  • Carlos M


    Baarìa is an involving autobiographical film with good performances, but I felt disappointed at how unnecessarily overlong it is and at Morricone's unusually ordinary score. Besides, the final fifteen minutes almost manage to ruin everything that had been built up until then.

  • Andre T


    The film recounts life in the Sicilian town of Baarìa, from the 1920s to the 1980s, through the eyes of lovers Peppino (Francesco Scianna) and Mannina (Margareth Madè). A Sicilian family depicted across three generations: from Cicco to his son Peppino to his grandson Pietro...… More

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