Once Upon a Time in Polizzi

2005•8.0/10

Documentary

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8.0/10(1)

The film follows Vincent Schiavelli as he returns to Polizzi Generosa, the very town in Sicily his grandparents emigrated from in 1901.

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Vincent Schiavelli

Vincent Schiavelli

Himself

Rochelle Rose

Rochelle Rose

Narrator

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