Twice Born (2012)
Venuto al mondo
A story of love. A story of war. A story of life.
Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
- Date of release
- 2012-09-13
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (484)
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Director
- Sergio Castellitto
Casting
- Penélope Cruz — Gemma
- Emile Hirsch — Diego
- Adnan Hasković — Gojco
- Saadet Işıl Aksoy — Aska
- Pietro Castellitto — Pietro
- Mira Furlan — Velida
- Jovan Divjak — Jovan
- Vinicio Marchioni — Gemma's husband
- Branko Đurić — Doctor
- Jane Birkin — Psicologa
- Luca De Filippo — Armando
- Sergio Castellitto — Giuliano
Interesting facts
- Based on: Venuto al mondo
Twice Born is a 2012 drama film directed by Sergio Castellitto, which stars Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch. It is based on the novel Venuto al mondo by Margaret Mazzantini which won the Premio Campiello literary prize in 2009. Castellitto also co-wrote the screenplay.
Production
The film was shot over 15 weeks in digital using the Arri Alexa system.
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