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Kryptonite!(2011)
Status: Released
Date: 2011-11-04
64%
52 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
Every family has its own secrets, but some are funnier than the others.
Overview:
Set in 1970s Naples, bullied nine year-old Peppino is watching the world around him as his extended dysfunctional family change. Psychedelic flower power and hippie love is threatening the old traditional southern Italian family. Dad is having an affair and Mom has taken to her bed with depression. Super-mod brother and sister Titina and Salvatore take the boy under their wings, introducing him to demonstrations and love-ins, whilst caped superhero Gennaro visits Peppino even after being knocked down and killed by the number 12 bus. It is the imaginary appearances of this older superman cousin that help the nine-year-old navigate the complicated adult world.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Kryptonite!
Top 10 Billed Cast
Valeria Golino
Rosaria
Cristiana Capotondi
Titina
Luca Zingaretti
Antonio
Libero De Rienzo
Salvatore
Luigi Catani
Peppino
Lucia Ragni
Carmela
Vincenzo Nemolato
Gennaro
Massimiliano Gallo
Arturo
Monica Nappo
Assunta
Rosaria De Cicco
Maestra Lina
Video Trailer Kryptonite!
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