

Ovosodo(1997)
Life... what a sweet, cruel, silly thing.
From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.


Movie: Ovosodo
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Piero, 13 anni
Ivanone Mansani
Mara
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