Caterina in the Big City
2003 · Movie · 1h 45m · NR
ComedyDrama
"Sometimes you just want to fit in... or not."
Overview
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
IMDb
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
63/100
Key crew
- Paolo VirzìDirector
- Paolo VirzìScreenplay
- Francesco BruniScreenplay
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
Stills
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Themes
school friendrome, italymiddle schoolchorussocial lifefirst kissoverbearing fathermoving to a citypolitical humordramedyfitting in