The Past Is a Foreign Land (2008)
Il passato è una terra straniera
A promising law student from a good family is driven by a cool cardsharper into a downward spiral of criminality, discovering a part of himself he had never known.
- Date of release
- 2008-10-31
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (43)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Daniele Vicari
Casting
- Elio Germano — Giorgio
- Michele Riondino — Francesco
- Chiara Caselli — Maria
- Valentina Lodovini — Antonia
- Marco Baliani — Franco
- Daniela Poggi — Anna
- María Jurado — Ángelica
- Romina Carrisi — Giulia
- Federico Pacifici — Lawyer
- Lorenza Indovina — Alessandra
- Antonio Gerardi — Officer
- Gianrico Carofiglio — Patron
Interesting facts
The Past Is a Foreign Land is a 2008 Italian neo-noir film directed by Daniele Vicari. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Gianrico Carofiglio, who also collaborated to the screenplay. It entered the competition at the 2008 Rome International Film Festival, in which Michele Riondino was awarded best actor.
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