Caterina in the Big City

Caterina in the Big City

6.5

Oct 24 2003

2h 45m

Comedy, Drama

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.

Sergio Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto

Giancarlo Iacovoni

Margherita Buy

Margherita Buy

Agata Iacovoni

Alice Teghil

Alice Teghil

Caterina Iacovoni

Federica Sbrenna

Federica Sbrenna

Daniela Germano

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