Places of "Il Siciliano" - Caltabellotta
Some scenes of the film "The Sicilian" were shot in the village of Caltabellotta.
Il Siciliano is a 1987 film directed by director Michael Cimino. The film takes up the fictionalized biography of the Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano, and is based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo.
The bandit Salvatore Giuliano will be the architect of various exploits against the powerful: rob a postal train, ransack the prince's house Borsa, puts a "bounty" on the head of Minister Mario Scelba and helps the poorest and weakest, but also committing many atrocities: the crucifixion of a corrupt priest; the public execution of a barber and other local nobles who had betrayed him; he finally becomes responsible for the Portella della Ginestra massacre, also due to the mafia infiltration into the gang, when his men, instead of shooting over their heads, kill 11 people during a communist political rally.
The scenes of the film "Il Siciliano "were shot in Palermo, San Vito lo Capo, Ragusa, Sutera, San Giuseppe lo Jato and Caltabellotta.
In particular in Caltabellotta the scene" the massacre of the portella della broom "was shot, where it can be recognized in the background Mount Kratas and the village at its feet.
