The Saracen Woman

{{Infobox film | name = The Saracen Woman | native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|La Sarrasine}} | image = | caption = | director = [[Paul Tana]] | producer = Marc Daigle | writer = Paul Tana Bruno Ramirez | starring = [[Tony Nardi]] [[Enrica Maria Modugno]] [[Gilbert Sicotte]] [[Tano Cimarosa]] | music = Pierre Desrochers | cinematography = Michel Caron | editing = Louise Surprenant | studio = [[Association coopérative de productions audio-visuelles|ACPAV]] | distributor = | released = {{film date|1992|02|15}} | runtime = 109 minutes | country = Canada | language = French Italian | budget = }} '''''The Saracen Woman''''' ({{langx|fr|La Sarrasine}}) is a [[Cinema of Canada|Canadian]] drama film, released in 1992.<ref name=clashes>"La Sarrasine shows that cultural clashes are not something new". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', February 16, 1992.</ref> Directed by [[Paul Tana]] and written by Tana and [[Bruno Ramirez]],<ref name=clashes/> the film stars [[Tony Nardi]] and [[Enrica Maria Modugno]] as Giuseppe and Ninetta Moschella, [[Italy|Italian]] immigrants in [[Montreal]], Quebec. One day, Giuseppe breaks up a fight between a Sicilian tenant of the Moschellas' boarding house and Theo ([[Gilbert Sicotte]]), a French Canadian labourer who is also the son-in-law of Giuseppe's friend Alphonse Lamoureux ([[Jean Lapointe]]), and is put on trial for [[murder]] after his intervention results in Theo's accidental death.<ref>"Quiet powerful tale of Italians in Canada". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 2, 1992.</ref>

The film's cast also includes [[Tano Cimarosa]], [[Paul Savoie]] and [[Johanne-Marie Tremblay]].

Nardi won the [[Genie Award]] for Best Actor at the [[13th Genie Awards]] in 1992.<ref>"Bizarre Naked Lunch is big Genie winner; Leolo is held to three awards". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', November 23, 1992.</ref> The film also garnered nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Modugno), Best Supporting Actor (Cimarosa), Best Supporting Actress (Tremblay), Best Original Screenplay (Tana and Ramirez), Best Cinematography ([[Michel Caron (cinematographer)|Michel Caron]]), Best Art Direction ([[François Séguin]]), Best Costume Design (François Barbeau) and Best Musical Score (Pierre Desrochers).<ref>"Naked Lunch leads pack with Genie nominations". ''[[Halifax Daily News]]'', October 14, 1992.</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0105317}}

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