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Manuel

An eighteen-year-old boy is released from an institute for minors with no family support, and for the first time tastes the bittersweet flavor of freedom; an imprisoned mother longs to go back and start all over again. These are the characters taken from the real world and transferred into a film that is first of all a shadowing of human beings, of their hopes and little acts of cowardice. But it is also the story of a time of waiting, of a soul going around in circles, a coming of age in a desolate and oppressive, marginal context that becomes a character in its own right.

Top Cast

  • Andrea Lattanzi

    Andrea Lattanzi

    Manuel

  • Francesca Antonelli

    Francesca Antonelli

    Veronica

  • Giulia Elettra Gorietti

    Giulia Elettra Gorietti

    Francesca

  • Renato Scarpa

    Renato Scarpa

    Sor Attilio

  • Loretta Rossi Stuart

    Loretta Rossi Stuart

    Moglie di Elpidio

  • Raffaella Rea

    Raffaella Rea

    Marzia

  • Alessandra Scirdi

    Alessandra Scirdi

    Nunzia

  • Monica Carpanese

    Monica Carpanese

    Assistante sociale

  • Luciano Miele

    Luciano Miele

    Avvocato Marone

Overview

An eighteen-year-old boy is released from an institute for minors with no family support, and for the first time tastes the bittersweet flavor of freedom; an imprisoned mother longs to go back and start all over again. These are the characters taken from the real world and transferred into a film that is first of all a shadowing of human beings, of their hopes and little acts of cowardice. But it is also the story of a time of waiting, of a soul going around in circles, a coming of age in a desolate and oppressive, marginal context that becomes a character in its own right.

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