1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.
Luigi Lo Cascio Valerio Binasco Francesca Inaudi Andrea Bosca Edoardo Natoli Luigi Pisani Guido Caprino Renato Carpentieri Michele Riondino Peppino Mazzotta Franco Ravera Stefano Cassetti Andrea Renzi Ivan Franěk Roberto De Francesco Toni Servillo Luca Barbareschi Fiona Shaw Luca Zingaretti Anna Bonaiuto Alfonso Santagata Fulvia Carotenuto Pino Calabrese Beppe Rosso Ivan Alovisio Paolo Mazzarelli Roberto Accornero Emiliano Masala Bruno Cariello Renato Marotta Enzo Salomone Edoardo Winspeare Antonio Pennarella Giovanni Capalbo Francesco Di Leva Carlo Guitto Giovanni Ludeno Antonello Cossia Totò Onnis Salvatore Cantalupo Luigi Biondi Vito Facciolla Giancarlo Muselli Marco Mario De Notaris Michelangelo Dalisi Claudio Spadaro Nuccio Siano Lola Peploe Romuald Klos Vanessa Faye-Stanley Beppe Chierici Francis Pardeilhan Claude Lebas Pierre Lucat Dante de Rose Giovanni Calcagno Vincenzo Pirrotta Salvatore Ragusa Gino De Luca Paolo Civati Rocco Capraro Massimo Zordan Filippo Plancher Jurij Ferrini Pietro Manigrasso Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia
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