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The Past Is a Foreign Land

The Past Is a Foreign Land

2008•2h 0m•6.2/10
DramaThriller

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6.2/10(38)

A promising law student from a good family is driven by a cool cardsharper into a downward spiral of criminality, discovering a part of himself he had never known.

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Production

Fandango, R&C Produzioni, RAI Cinema, Armadillo Film, MiC, Apulia Film Commission

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Elio Germano

Elio Germano

Giorgio

Michele Riondino

Michele Riondino

Francesco

Chiara Caselli

Chiara Caselli

Maria

Valentina Lodovini

Valentina Lodovini

Antonia

Marco Baliani

Marco Baliani

Franco

Daniela Poggi

Daniela Poggi

Anna

María Jurado

María Jurado

Ángelica

Romina Carrisi

Romina Carrisi

Giulia

Federico Pacifici

Federico Pacifici

Lawyer

Lorenza Indovina

Lorenza Indovina

Alessandra

Antonio Gerardi

Antonio Gerardi

Officer

Gianrico Carofiglio

Gianrico Carofiglio

Patron

Dante Marmone

Dante Marmone

Roberto

Mino Barbarese

Mino Barbarese

Drug dealer

Lorenzo D'Armento

Malavitoso

Nicola Moschetti

Scagnozzo

Gaetano Solfrizzi

Brigadiere

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