Biopic about Italian actor Nino Manfredi, focusing on the period between 1939 and 1959, depicting his difficult beginnings, his passion for acting and the encounter with the love of his life, Erminia.
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Elio Germano Miriam Leone Stefano Fresi Anna Ferruzzo Duccio Camerini Barbara Ronchi Vincenzo Zampa Flavio Furno Roberto Citran Arianna Battilana Roberto Giordano Sara Lazzaro Massimo Wertmüller Paola Minaccioni Maria Torres Gennaro Di Biase Guido Roncalli Vincenzo Nemolato Emanuel Caserio Luca Di Giovanni Fulvia Lorenzetti Cinzia Mascoli Giancarlo Previati Pietro Ragusa Leo Gullotta Giorgio Tirabassi Alessandra Costanzo
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