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Manuel

Manuel

2018 1h 35mDrama

An eighteen-year-old boy is released from an institute for minors with no family support, and for the first time tastes the bittersweet flavor of freedom; an imprisoned mother longs to go back and start all over again. These are the characters taken from the real world and transferred into a film that is first of all a shadowing of human beings, of their hopes and little acts of cowardice. But it is also the story of a time of waiting, of a soul going around in circles, a coming of age in a desolate and oppressive, marginal context that becomes a character in its own right.

3.5/5

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An eighteen-year-old boy is released from an institute for minors with no family support, and for the first time tastes the bittersweet flavor of freedom; an imprisoned mother longs to go back and start all over again. These are the characters taken from the real world and transferred into a film that is first of all a shadowing of human beings, of their hopes and little acts of cowardice. But it is also the story of a time of waiting, of a soul going around in circles, a coming of age in a desolate and oppressive, marginal context that becomes a character in its own right.

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Dario AlbertiniDario AlbertiniDirectorSimone RanucciWriter

Cast

Andrea LattanziAndrea LattanziManuel
Francesca AntonelliFrancesca AntonelliVeronica
Giulia Elettra GoriettiGiulia Elettra GoriettiFrancesca
Renato ScarpaRenato ScarpaSor Attilio
Loretta Rossi StuartLoretta Rossi StuartMoglie di Elpidio
Raffaella ReaRaffaella ReaMarzia
Alessandra ScirdiAlessandra ScirdiNunzia
Monica CarpaneseMonica CarpaneseAssistante sociale
Luciano MieleLuciano MieleAvvocato Marone
Alessandro Di CarloAlessandro Di CarloElpidio
Frankino MurgiaFrankino
Alessandro SardelliRobertino
Manuel RulliManuel RulliGiordano
Manuela Ruiu SmithViola
Giuseppe LeonettiDon Marcello
Loredana CarreraLa suora
Giulio BeranekGiulio BeranekErol
Tommaso AntonelliTommaso

Director

Dario Albertini

Writers

Simone Ranucci, Dario Albertini

Release date

7 Mar 2018

Runtime

1h 35m

Studio

BiBi Film

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

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