

The Great Blek(1988)
I remember those years well. My friends, my girlfriends, like in a picture...
Waiting for the train that will take him away, a man goes back over moments of his small-town upbringing: the relationship with his family, his involvement in the protests of 1968 and a childhood friend died too soon.

Movie: The Great Blek
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Antonio
Paolo
Yuri as a child
Claudia as a child

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Waiting for the train that will take him away, a man goes back over moments of his small-town upbringing: the relationship with his family, his involvement in the protests of 1968 and a childhood friend died too soon.
Release Date
1988-04-01
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7.25
Rating:
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I remember those years well. My friends, my girlfriends, like in a picture...
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