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Sicily’s landscape – harsh and fascinating at the same time – has drawn many famous directors to make films in the region. Sometimes it was the landscape itself that inspired -- Roberto Rossellini’s Stromboli, for example, filmed on the constantly erupting volcanic island of the same name – or sometimes literature – such as Visconti’s The Leopard, based on the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and deeply rooted in the Sicilian landscape and climate. Michael Radford, director of Il Postino, was so gripped by the power of the Sicilian landscape that he relocated the story from Chile to the Aeolian Islands.Travel Sicilia can recommend several itineraries that will allow you to experience for yourself the atmospheres of films shot in Sicily: the sunbaked hinterland, monasteries and noble palazzi of The Leopard, the dramatic land- and sea-scapes of the Aeolian Islands that inspired Il Postino and Stromboli, fans of The Godfather can visit locations where some of the most famous scenes in celluloid history were shot .
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