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Storia di un riscatto

Storia di un riscatto

2025•2h 0m
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The 1990s. The story of the longest Anonima Sequestri kidnapping, that of Giuseppe Vinci, whose family supermarket chain was spread all over Sardinia.

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Production

Superotto, Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Giuseppe Vinci

Andrea Nicolò Staffa

Leonardo Capuano

Stefano Mereu

Felice Montervino

Cristina Maccioni

Florencia Rolando

Luigi Pusceddu

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