Gabriele returns home in southern Italy to bid farewell to his father Ernesto, a former stationmaster in a small town not far from Bari. The old man reawakens in Gabriele memories of his childhood, of his loving mother, his uncle, his friends... but also of his father's rage and bitterness over his failure in achieving his artistic ambitions: Ernesto was convinced he was destined to be a famous painter, and was willing to sacrifice everything for this belief, even his own dignity – and this made his son swear that he wouldn't turn out like him. Only now, many years later, through chance and circumstances, Gabriele begins to understand Ernesto and to see what sort of person his father really was.
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Sergio Rubini
Ernesto Rossetti
Valeria Golino
Franca Rossetti
Riccardo Scamarcio
Pinuccio
Fabrizio Gifuni
Gabriele Rossetti
Anna Falchi
Donna Valeria Giordano
Maurizio Micheli
Mr. Pezzetti
Margherita Buy
Anna
Guido Giaquinto
Gabriele as a kid
Vittorio Ciorcalo
Tonino Zucca
Vito Signorile
Professor Venusio
Mariolina De Fano
Mrs. Lo Turco
Mario Maranzana
Dalò
Adelaide Di Bitonto
Graziella Parone
Pierluigi Corallo
Gabriele's grandfather
Nicoletta Carbonara
Dora Spadella
Sergio Rubini
Director
Sergio Rubini
Screenplay
Domenico Starnone
Screenplay
Carla Cavalluzzi
Screenplay
Sergio Rubini
Story
Domenico Starnone
Story
Carla Cavalluzzi
Story
Donatella Botti
Producer
Fabio Cianchetti
Director of Photography
Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer
Esmeralda Calabria
Editor
Maurizio Millenotti
Costume Design
Luca Gobbi
Production Design
