Cosmonaut
Sep 11 2009
•1h 23m
•Comedy, Drama
Against the backdrop of the space race between the Soviets and the US, a 15-year-old girl struggles to affirm her political and gender identity in 1960s Italy.
Cast
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Miriana Raschillà
Luciana
Claudia Pandolfi
Rosalba
Sergio Rubini
Armando
Pietro Del Giudice
Arturo
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