Desc: Malavoglia: Directed by Pasquale Scimeca. With Antonio Ciurca, Giuseppe Firullo, Omar Noto, Doriana La Fauci. This film, based on a 19th century novel by Giovanni Verga describes the torrid history of three generations of a Sicialian family. The Malavoglia family are fishermen and women. Their story reflects the struggle to live lives of mixed fortune in a changing world.