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The Best of Youth

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The Best of Youth

"The Possibilities Were Endless..."

2003

6h 7m

8.0(614 votes)

Drama

History

Romance

Overview

After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.

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BiBi Film

Rai Fiction

Film Commission Torino Piemonte

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Luigi Lo Cascio

Luigi Lo Cascio

Nicola Carati

Alessio Boni

Alessio Boni

Matteo Carati

Adriana Asti

Adriana Asti

Adriana Carati

Sonia Bergamasco

Sonia Bergamasco

Giulia Monfalco

Fabrizio Gifuni

Fabrizio Gifuni

Carlo Tommasi

Maya Sansa

Maya Sansa

Mirella Utano

Valentina Carnelutti

Valentina Carnelutti

Francesca Carati

Jasmine Trinca

Jasmine Trinca

Giorgia Esposti

Andrea Tidona

Andrea Tidona

Angelo Carati

Lidia Vitale

Lidia Vitale

Giovanna Carati

Creative team

Directed by: Marco Tullio Giordana
Written by: Sandro Petraglia
Stefano Rulli
Produced by: Angelo Barbagallo

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