The Possibilities Were Endless...
Spanning nearly four decades, this generational epic follows two Italian brothers from a middle-class family through some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history after their life paths diverge thanks to one fateful encounter during the summer of 1966.
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Luigi Lo Cascio Alessio Boni Adriana Asti Sonia Bergamasco Fabrizio Gifuni Maya Sansa Valentina Carnelutti Jasmine Trinca Andrea Tidona Lidia Vitale Claudio Gioè Paolo Bonanni Giovanni Scifoni Riccardo Scamarcio Camilla Filippi Mario Schiano Michele Melega Thérèse Vaddem Stefano Abbati Giovanni Martorana Paolo De Vita Mimmo Mignemi Domenico Centamore Pippo Montalbano Gaspare Cucinella Dario Veca Nicola Vigilante Marcello Prayer Walter Da Pozzo Krum De Nicola Maurizio Di Carmine Roberto Accornero Fabio Camilli Antonello Puglisi Emilia Marra Patrizia Punzo Nila Carnelutti Greta Cavuoti Francesco La Macchia Sara Pavoncello Valeria Colangelo Laura Di Mariano Massimiliano Petrucci Claudia Fiorentini Giorgio Crisafi Paolo Emilio Alvarez de Castro Rosa Canova Aldo Mansi Ferdinando Martin Angelo Giuliano Angelo Costabile Enzo Marcelli Aldo Innocenti Stefano Biscotti Sjur Midttun Rasmus Bu Mohammed Essaje Cinzia Cartei Sergio Risso Asia Pallavicino Lavinia Matteucci Danilo Maria Valli Fabio Roscillo Alberto Pozzo Maddalena Recino Massimo Del Sette Letterio Micalizzi Roberto Faglia Nanni Tormen Zefferino Stefanic Giusto Lo Piparo Marcella Mariotti Manuela Massarenti Alessandro Trotta Angelica Zanardi Juana Jimenez Giuseppe Gandini Maria Grazia Bon Mattia Osti Raffaele D'Orsi Giuseppe Mascia Fabio Rossi Leonardo Antiri Alessio Brilli Giovanni Giordana Fausto Maria Sciarappa Kristine M. Opheim
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