Alaska
Nov 05 2015
•2h 5m
•Drama, Romance
Nadine is a French young woman. Fausto is an Italian young man trying to make it in Paris as a restaurant waiter. They accidentally meet at a five-star hotel. Both are fragile, alone and obsessed with the idea of an unattainable happiness. Their intense love is challenged by their own individual ambition and desperation.
Cast
See allElio Germano
Fausto
Astrid Bergès-Frisbey
Nadine
Valerio Binasco
Sandro
Paolo Pierobon
Marco
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