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- ↑ "Luisa Sanfelice - 2004 - films released 2000 - 2022 - films & docu". Filmitalia. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ↑ Marrone, Gaetana; Puppa, Paolo (December 26, 2006). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge. p. 1847. ISBN 978-1-135-45529-3.
