Aurelio Grimaldi

He was born in Modica in 1957 and began publishing stories, novels and essays in 1987 among them Le Buttane and Mery Per Sempre which he adapted to the screen for director Marco Risi, for whom he directed his first film La discesa di Acla a Floristella. He then made two films from his own novels. La Ribelle and Le Buttane. —Festival on Wheels