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The Power of the Past

Forty-year-old Gianni Orzan is satisfied with the life he has built for himself. He lives with his wife Anna, a very sweet woman, and their son Francesco. An encounter with a strange stranger who claims to know things about his father, a fascist soldier, throws Gianni's equilibrium into crisis, forcing him to make a lucid analysis of who he is and who he would have liked to become.

Top Cast

  • Sergio Rubini

    Sergio Rubini

    Gianni Orzan

  • Bruno Ganz

    Bruno Ganz

    Bogliasco

  • Sandra Ceccarelli

    Sandra Ceccarelli

    Anna Orzan

  • Mariangela D'Abbraccio

    Mariangela D'Abbraccio

    Madre di Matteo

  • Valeria Moriconi

    Valeria Moriconi

    Madre di Gianni

  • Giuseppe Becce

    Giuseppe Becce

    Portiere di notte

  • Monica Samassa

    Monica Samassa

Overview

Forty-year-old Gianni Orzan is satisfied with the life he has built for himself. He lives with his wife Anna, a very sweet woman, and their son Francesco. An encounter with a strange stranger who claims to know things about his father, a fascist soldier, throws Gianni's equilibrium into crisis, forcing him to make a lucid analysis of who he is and who he would have liked to become.

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