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15/09/2022 Drama 1h 38m
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Overview

Clara and Felice struggle to raise their three children in 1970s Rome. The eldest, Andrea, is transgender and yearns for another life where he gets to live as the boy he knows himself to be. Clara instinctively strives to protect her son by escaping into their imaginations to defuse family tensions.

  1. Emanuele Crialese

    Director, Writer

  2. Francesca Manieri

    Writer

  3. Vittorio Moroni

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Penélope Cruz

    Clara

  2. Luana Giuliani

    Adri/Andrea

  3. Vincenzo Amato

    Felice

  4. Aurora Quattrocchi

    Bisnonna

  5. Elena Arvigo

    Ada

  6. Laura Nardi

    Donna Pía

  7. Francesco Casisa

    Molester #1

  8. Filippo Pucillo

    Molester #2

  9. Patrizio Francioni

    Gino

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-12
I think as she ages, Penélope Cruz is beginning to look more like Sophia Loren and certainly here, I thought the resemblance was quite strong at times. Likewise, the young "Adri" (Luana Giuliani) looks a bit like Cruz too - who plays her mother "Clara". The story is set in a Roman 1970s of floral patterns and bell-bottomed trousers, post-war development and centres around the young daughter who really wants to be a boy. This isn't an in-your-face drama about sexuality, it's more nuanced than that and whilst the underlying frustrations of "Adri/Andrew" serves as a spine for the film, there is ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$3,017,227.00

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