Best of Youth
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Marco Tullio Giordana
Maya Sansa
Marcello Prayer
Antonello Puglisi
Riccardo Scamarcio
Gaspare Cucinella
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An Italian family deals with many obstacles, beginning in the 1960s and continuing through the present. Two brothers, Nicola and Matteo, at first share the same dreams, the same hopes, the same books and friendships. Meeting Giorgia, a girl with mental disorders, will determine the future of the two brothers: Nicola decides to become a psychiatrist; Matteo abandons his studies and joins the police. Angelo--their father--is a loving parent and husband. The family experiences his exuberance with tolerant complaisance. Adriana--their mother--is a modern and irreproachable teacher, who loves her pupils like her own children. Giovanna is the eldest daughter, who joined the magistracy very young, and Francesca, the youngest member of the family, will marry Carlo, Nicola's best friend, and take up an important role in the Bank of Italy and will--therefore--be in the sights of terrorist groups during the "leaden years." Giulia, Nicola's greatest love, will give birth to Sara, and Mirella intersects, in different moments and different ways, the lives of Matteo and Nicola. These people deal with the most crucial events and sites of Italy's recent history: Florence during the flooding, Sicily and its struggle against the Mafia, the great football matches that saw Italy's national team playing against Korea and Germany, songs that mark an epoch, Turin during the 70s with its blue-collar-workers, Milan during the 80s, the youth movements, terrorism, the crisis during the 90s, the efforts made to rebuild and reinvent a modern nation.
Director
Marco Tullio Giordana
Cast
Maya Sansa
Marcello Prayer
Antonello Puglisi
Riccardo Scamarcio
Gaspare Cucinella
Andrea Tidona
Stefano Abbati
Sara Pavoncello
Mimmo Mignemi
Michele Melega
Roberto Accornero
Fabrizio Gifuni
Mario Schiano
Pippo Montalbano
Domenico Centamore
Francesco La Macchia
Luigi Lo Cascio
Lidia Vitale
Paolo Bonanni
Greta Cavuoti
Therese Vadem
Camilla Filippi
Claudio Gioe
Giovanni Martorana
Krum De Nicola
Jasmine Trinca
Walter Da Pozzo
Nila Carnelutti
Giovanni Scifoni
Dario Veca
Patrizia Punzo
Adriana Asti
Maurizio Di Carmine
Fabio Camilli
Nicola Vigilante
Sonia Bergamasco
Alessio Boni
Valentina Carnelutti
Decio Trani
Emilia Marra
Paolo Devita
Crew
Angelo Barbagallo
Gianfranco Barbagallo
Alessandro Calosci
Vincenzo Carpineta
Fulgenzio Ceccon
Franco Ceraolo
Roberto Forza
Barbara Melega
Barbara Melega
Roberto Missiroli
Elisabetta Montaldo
Tonino Nieddu
Sandro Petraglia
Stefano Rulli
Fabrizio Zappi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2004 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Released in United States March 18, 2005
Winner of the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature at the 2004 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Winner of the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring March 2, 2005
Released in United States on Video February 7, 2006
Released in United States 2003
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-18, 2004.)
Released in United States 2004
Released in United States Spring March 2, 2005
Released in United States March 18, 2005 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video February 7, 2006
Released in United States October 2003 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 3-19, 2003.)
Released in United States 2004 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival January 30 - February 8, 2004.)
Released in United States 2003 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 29-September 1, 2003.)
Released in United States October 2003
Released in United States January 2004
Shown at New York Film Festival October 3-19, 2003.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival January 30 - February 8, 2004.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-18, 2004.
Originally aired as a miniseries on Italian television.
Miramax released the film simultaneously in two separate parts entitled "The Best of Youth Part 1" and "The Best of Youth Part 2," each with a running time of three hours.
