| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (367 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital surround sound; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions. |
| Cast |
Luigi Lo Cascio (Nicola Carati), Alessio Boni (Matteo Carati), Adriana Asti (Adriana Carati), Sonia Bergamasco (Giulia Monfalco), Fabrizio Gifuni (Carlo Tommasi), Maya Sansa (Mirella Utano), Valentina Carnelutti (Francesca Carati), Jasmine Trinca (Giorgia), Andrea Tidona (Angelo Carati), Lidia Vitale (Giovanna Carati), Claudio Gioé (Vitale Micavi), Paolo Bonanni (Luigino), Mario Schiano (Professore di medicina), Giovanni Scifoni (Berto), Michele Melega (Professore di lettere), Paolo De Vita (Don Vito), Mimmo Mignemi (Saro), Marcello Prayer (Sottotenente), Nila Carnelutti (Francesca Carati, 8 anni), Therese Vadem (Therese). |
| Credits |
Direttore della fotografia, Roberto Forza ; operatore alla macchina, Vincenzo Carpineta ; montaggio [editor], Roberto Missiroli ; costumi, Elisabetta Montaldo ; scenografia [production design], Franco Ceraolo. |
| Event |
Originally produced as an Italian television miniseries in 2003, later released theatrically. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated R for language and brief nudity. |
| Summary |
This film is about the members of an ordinary, modern Italian family, in love, at work, at one another's sides and on one another's nerves. The lives of the two brothers at the center of the story, Matteo and Nicola, tell a tale of youthful baby-boomer idealism, rebelliousness, and disillusionment, followed by the mellowing of middle age. Qualified as a doctor, Nicola embodies '60s restlessness, as he becomes a woodworker. Diffident literature student Matteo becomes a soldier, then a policeman and detective. Their lives unfold as threads in the larger historical tapestry, wherein events such as the Florence floods of 1966, workers' uprisings in Turin a few years later, the Red Brigades terrorism of the 1970s, and the Mafia trials of the 1990s occur and affect them. Though their lives follow wildly divergent paths the brothers remain close, and their decisions figure strongly in determining each other's futures. The film presents a fascinating study of the ways in which people continue to grow after they have become adults. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The best of youth, act one: Rome, summer 1966 -- Giorgia -- Not like Matteo -- Delicate situation -- Can't go home -- Parting ways -- Different paths -- Reunited -- Giulia -- Turin 1968 to 1974 -- Sara -- I swear -- For me -- Look inside -- Inspection -- Matteo's visit -- Your father -- Losing Giulia -- Spring 1980; (183 min.). |
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Disc 2. The best of youth, act two: Summer 1982 -- Fall 1983 -- Mark -- Come with me -- I'm a target -- December 31, 1983 -- Happy new year -- That same door -- Dangerous meeting -- Be strong -- Spring 1992 -- Now there's justice -- Picture #7 -- Finding Mirella -- Lovely day -- Andrea -- Less talk, more work -- Tuscany, spring 1995 -- Dear Nicola -- Spring 2000 -- Rekindled -- Nicola & Mirella -- Everything is beautiful -- End credits; (184 min.). |
| Awards |
Winner, 2003 Cannes Film Festival Prix Un Certain Regard--Marco Tullio Giordana; Winner, 2004 David di Donatello Awards for Migliore Fonico di Presa Diretta [Best Sound]--Fulgenzio Ceccon; Migliore Montatore [Best Editing]--Roberto Missiroli; Migliore Sceneggiatura [Best Screenplay]--Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli; Migliore Produttore [Best Producer]--Angelo Barbagallo; Migliore Regista [Best Director]--Marco Tullio Giordana; and Miglior Film [Best Film]--Angelo Barbagallo, Marco Tullio Giordana. |
| Language |
In Italian or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Brothers -- Drama.
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Families -- Drama.
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Interpersonal relations -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Youth -- Italy -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Families -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Italy -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Rome (Italy) -- Drama.
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Turin (Italy) -- Drama.
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Tuscany (Italy) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Historical films.
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Motion pictures, Italian.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Giordana, Marco Tullio. Director.
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Petraglia, Sandro. Author. Screenwriter.
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Rulli, Stefano. Author. Screenwriter.
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Nieddu, Tonino. Producer.
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Zappi, Fabrizio. Producer.
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Barbagallo, Angelo. Producer.
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Lo Cascio, Luigi, 1967- Actor.
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Boni, Alessio. Actor.
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Asti, Adriana, 1933- Actor.
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Bergamasco, Sonia, 1966- Actor.
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Gifuni, Fabrizio. Actor.
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Sansa, Maya, 1975- Actor.
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Carnelutti, Valentina, 1973- Actor.
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Trinca, Jasmine. Actor.
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Tidona, Andrea. Actor.
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Vitale, Lidia, 1972- Actor.
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Gioè, Claudio. Actor.
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Bonanni, Paolo. Actor.
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Schiano, Mario. Actor.
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Scifoni, Giovanni. Actor.
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Melega, Michele. Actor.
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De Vita, Paolo. Actor.
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Mignemi, Mimmo. Actor.
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Prayer, Marcello. Actor.
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Carnelutti, Nila. Actor.
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Vadem, Therese. Actor.
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Forza, Roberto, 1957- Cinematographer.
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Missiroli, Roberto. Film editor.
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Miramax Films.
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Radiotelevisione italiana.
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Rai Fiction (Firm)
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Bìbì film TV (Firm)
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Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Best of youth |
| ISBN |
0788860461 |
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9780788860461 |
| Standard No. |
786936291193 |
| Music No. |
40836 Miramax Home Entertainment |
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