THE BEST OF YOUTH
synopsis
The story of an Italian family stretching over the period from the end of the 1960s to the present day. The main characters are two brothers, Nicola and Matteo. They share the same hopes and dreams, they read the same books and have the same friends, but until they meet a mentally disturbed young girl it’s not possible to foresee their destinies: Nicola will decide to become a psychiatrist, and Matteo will leave his studies to join the police force.
international title: | The Best of Youth |
original title: | La meglio gioventù |
country: | Italy |
sales agent: | RAI Com |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Marco Tullio Giordana |
film run: | 366' |
release date: | IT 20/06/2003, FR 09/07/2003, BE 05/11/2003 |
screenplay: | Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli |
cast: | Luigi Lo Cascio, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco, Maya Sansa, Fabrizio Gifuni, Jasmine Trinca, Alessio Boni, Camilla Filippi, Lidia Vitale |
cinematography by: | Roberto Forza |
film editing: | Roberto Missiroli |
art director: | Franco Ceraolo |
costumes designer: | Elisabetta Montaldo |
producer: | Angelo Barbagallo, Alessandro Calosci |
production: | BiBi Film, RAI Cinema |
distributor: | 01 Distribution, Océan Films (FR) |