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.
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Penélope Cruz
Clara
Luana Giuliani
Adri/Andrea
Vincenzo Amato
Felice
Aurora Quattrocchi
Bisnonna
Elena Arvigo
Ada
Laura Nardi
Donna Pía
Francesco Casisa
Molester #1
Filippo Pucillo
Molester #2
Patrizio Francioni
Gino
Penélope Nieto Conti
Sara
Director
Emanuele Crialese
Status
Released
Original Language
IT
Revenue
$3,017,227
Production
Wildside, Chapter 2, Warner Bros Pictures Italia, Pathé, France 3 Cinéma
CinemaSerf
August 12, 2023
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 re...
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