Fresh
Unfolds like a novel full of characters we can't help but care about.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
The Best of Youth
The Possibilities Were Endless...
2003 · 6h 7m · R
Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Marco Tullio Giordana
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The Best of Youth
Overview
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
Director and cast
- Marco Tullio Giordana Director
- Luigi Lo Cascio as Nicola Carati
- Alessio Boni as Matteo Carati
- Adriana Asti as Adriana Carati
- Sonia Bergamasco as Giulia Monfalco
- Fabrizio Gifuni as Carlo Tommasi
- Maya Sansa as Mirella Utano
- Valentina Carnelutti as Francesca Carati
- Jasmine Trinca as Giorgia Esposti
- Andrea Tidona as Angelo Carati
- Lidia Vitale as Giovanna Carati
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
When the movie concludes, you can talk about these characters as if you actually know them -- which won't be far from the truth.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Fresh
Few films have ever made better use of combining social and political history with romantic melodrama and suspense.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Fresh
Its point is this: That every nation, like a family, is made up of many people who are often at odds with one another, but that ultimately, we are all one.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh
A family that seems as real as your own relatives.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
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