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Sometimes you just want to fit in... or not. - Caterina in the Big City
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Title: Caterina in the Big City

Release Date: 24 Oct 2003

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Cattleya, RAI Cinema

Production Companies: Cattleya, RAI Cinema

Overview: When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself at sea with an environment where students sort themselves by social class and their parents' political affiliation.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.5 (254 votes)

Cast

  • Giancarlo Iacovoni: Sergio Castellitto
  • Agata Iacovoni: Margherita Buy
  • Caterina Iacovoni: Alice Teghil
  • Daniela Germano: Federica Sbrenna
  • Martina: Margherita Mazzola
  • Margherita Rossi Chaillet: Carolina Iaquaniello
  • Alessia: Martina Tasquetta
  • Livia, Margherita's mother: Galatea Ranzi
  • Fabietto Cruciani: Silvio Vannucci
  • Mrs. Germano: Alessandra Celi
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