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- ↑ Gianni Bonina (15 June 2012). "Il Caravaggio rubato dalla cronaca al mito". La Repubblica . Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ↑ Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore. ISBN 8884401372.
- ↑ Di Martino, Emilia (2018). "Images de mafia à cheval sur trois cultures : Una storia semplice de Leonardo Sciascia et ses traductions espagnole, française, anglaise". Poli-femo. 15–16: 145.
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