The Power of the Past (2002)
La forza del passato
Forty-year-old Gianni Orzan is satisfied with the life he has built for himself. He lives with his wife Anna, a very sweet woman, and their son Francesco. An encounter with a strange stranger who claims to know things about his father, a fascist soldier, throws Gianni's equilibrium into crisis, forcing him to make a lucid analysis of who he is and who he would have liked to become.
- Date of release
- 2002-09-06
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Piergiorgio Gay
Casting
- Sergio Rubini — Gianni Orzan
- Bruno Ganz — Bogliasco
- Sandra Ceccarelli — Anna Orzan
- Mariangela D'Abbraccio — Madre di Matteo
- Valeria Moriconi — Madre di Gianni
- Giuseppe Becce — Portiere di notte
- Monica Samassa
Interesting facts
The Power of the Past is a 2002 Italian drama film directed by Piergiorgio Gay. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Sandro Veronesi. It entered the main competition at the 59th Venice International Film Festival.
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