From Iago to Impy, five films for all ages
There are five European titles coming out tomorrow, of which three are Italian and cover a range of target audiences. Iago [+see also:
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For older audiences, there is the love story The Prize [+see also:
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Based on the true story of Rita Atria, the young state’s witness who took on the Mafia, Marco Amenta’s The Sicilian Girl [+see also:
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The other two European titles are both German: The Wave [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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