The Room of the Scirocco

La stanza dello scirocco The film is based on the novel with the same name by Domenico Campana. The Marquis of Acquafurata is back to Sicily to sell a property that he has inherited but the fascists want to take it. The man, with the help of a notary, creates a fake will, in which it says that the house will be donated to the poorest couple in the village: thus the property enter into the possession of a young married couple, Vincenzo and his wife Rosalia. The beauty of the girl hits the Marquis, who will try to conquer her. The film won the Silver Ribbon for Best Music and Best Actor to Giancarlo Giannini.