Poster of The Best of Youth

The Best of Youth (2003)

La meglio gioventù

The Possibilities Were Endless...

2003-06-22 · Drama, History, Romance · 367 min

★ 8.0 (625 votes)

Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana

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.

Cast

  • 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
  • Claudio Gioè Claudio Gioè Vitale Micavi
  • Paolo Bonanni Paolo Bonanni Luigino
  • Giovanni Scifoni Giovanni Scifoni Berto
  • Riccardo Scamarcio Riccardo Scamarcio Andrea Utano
  • Camilla Filippi Camilla Filippi Sara Carati
  • Mario Schiano Professor of Medicine
  • Michele Melega Michele Melega Professor of Literature
  • Therese Vadem Therese Vadem Thérèse
  • Stefano Abbati Stefano Abbati Dealer
  • Giovanni Martorana Giovanni Martorana Magrebino

Crew

Director
Marco Tullio Giordana
Director of Photography
Roberto Forza
Editor
Roberto Missiroli
Producer
Angelo Barbagallo
Screenplay
Sandro Petraglia
Screenplay
Stefano Rulli
Story
Sandro Petraglia
Story
Stefano Rulli

Details

Revenue
$2,693,053
IMDb
tt0346336
TMDB
11659

Keywords

  • anti-mafia
  • brother against brother
  • cultural revolution
  • family conflict
  • family reunion
  • family saga
  • florence, italy
  • loss of loved one
  • lost youth
  • may 68
  • political activism
  • post world war ii
  • sicily, italy
  • society
  • spanning generations
  • tangentopoli
  • turin
  • years of lead

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