The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the dangerous streets of adulthood until Bianca finds Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic80/100
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Alicia SchersonDirector
- Alicia SchersonScreenplay
- Eduardo HenríquezOriginal Music Composer
- Pablo CervantesOriginal Music Composer
- Caroline ChaspoulOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Manuela MartelliBianca
- Nicolas VaporidisLibio
- Luigi CiardoTomas
- Alessandro GiallocostaBoloñes
- Pino Calabreseil poliziotto
- Rutger HauerMaciste
- Sara ManniRoman Woman
- Daniela Pipernooperatrice sociale
- Patricia RivadeneiraHairdresser's Owner
- Brando TacciniEx-fidanzato
- Stefano PalmaGigi
- Davide Michele ZongoliMaciste giovane
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Themes
based on novel or bookteenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipopposites attractwoman directorblind manorphan siblingschileanage-gap relationship