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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%, Metacritic 63/100. Scores higher than 86% of the 2,452 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When her social-climbing father is relocated from a one-horse town to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls in his old school, finding herself adrift in an environment where eighth-graders form friendships based on social class and their parents' political affiliations.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic63/100
271 audience votes
Key crew
- Paolo VirzìDirector
- Francesco BruniScreenplay
- Paolo VirzìScreenplay
- Carlo VirzìOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sergio CastellittoGiancarlo Iacovoni
- Margherita BuyAgata Iacovoni
- Alice TeghilCaterina Iacovoni
- Federica SbrennaDaniela Germano
- Margherita MazzolaMartina
- Carolina IaquanielloMargherita Rossi Chaillet
- Martina TasquettaAlessia
- Galatea RanziLivia, Margherita's mother
- Silvio VannucciFabietto Cruciani
- Alessandra CeliMrs. Germano
- Pasquale AnselmoRiccardo
- Luisella BoniAndreina, Gianfilippo's mother
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Themes
school friendrome, italymiddle schoolchorussocial lifefirst kissoverbearing fathermoving to a citypolitical humordramedyfitting in