The Purple Sea

The Purple Sea Movie

Director: Donatella Maiorca

Cast: Isabella Ragonese, Valeria Solarino, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Ennio Fantastichini

Synopsis

Directed by Donatella Maiorca. From the novel Minchia di Re by Giacomo Pilati comes a scandal hidden in 19th century Sicily between two young women, Angela and Sara. Angela isn't like other girls her age, she fears nothing and nobody. She can't hide her feelings for Sara. To maintain the forbidden relationship, she changes her outward appearance to disguise herself as a man. The chains that had imprisoned her existence suddenly disappear and she becomes powerful, but in her heart she never denies her identity as a woman. As intense and compelling as only young love can be, the two women challenge the rules of society in order to be together.