 In doing so, he renounces the customary mediation of the narrator.A film, based on the story of "I Malavoglia", "La Terra Trema" (""), was directed by Luchino Visconti in 1948.In the book by Silvia Iannello "Le immagini e le parole dei Malavoglia" (Sovera, Roma, 2008) the author selects some passages of the Verga novel "I Malavoglia", adds original comments and Acitrezza's photographic images, and devotes a chapter to the origins, remarks and frames taken from the film "La terra trema".