Places of The sirocco room in Monterosso Almo
In the village of Monterosso Almo some scenes of La stanza dello Scirocco were shot.
La stanza dello scirocco is a film by Maurizio Sciarra, based on the novel of the same name by Domenico Campagna, with Giancarlo Giannini and Tiziana Lodato, winner of numerous awards at festivals around the world.
The film is about an elderly marquis, persecuted by fascism, who returns to his homeland to be able to sell a property. Upon his arrival in the fire of his building, his butler dies. In order not to suffer persecution, the Marquis of Acquafurata decides to replace him in order to carry out his plan undisturbed. The Fascist Party would like to appropriate the building. But instead the Marquis, thanks to the notary Spatafora, finds a false will in which the palace is given to the poorest couple in the country. Two young spouses, Vincenzo Labate and his wife Rosalia, take possession of the building. The beauty and reluctance of the young woman make the elderly Marquis fall in love. The house has in the basement a room of the sirocco, over which a legend hovers and where the crazy love between the two is consummated.
The film was shot in the interiors of the Donnafugata castle and in the town of Monterosso Almo between the baroque Piazza San Giovanni and the splendid Cocuzza palace.
