Giovanna's Father
Sep 12 2008
•2h 44m
•Drama
Michele Casali is a middle-class professor in Fascist Italy who teaches at the same high school attended by his only daughter, Giovanna. A shy and sensitive girl, her insecurities are only magnified by Michele's overprotectiveness—reaching a point of no return.
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Silvio Orlando
Michele Casali
Francesca Neri
Delia Casali
Ezio Greggio
Sergio Ghia
Alba Rohrwacher
Giovanna Casali
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