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Caterina in the Big City(2003)
Status: Released
Date: 2003-10-24
65%
254 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
Sometimes you just want to fit in... or not.
Overview:
When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself at sea with an environment where students sort themselves by social class and their parents' political affiliation.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
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Movie: Caterina in the Big City
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sergio Castellitto
Giancarlo Iacovoni
Margherita Buy
Agata Iacovoni
Alice Teghil
Caterina Iacovoni
Federica Sbrenna
Daniela Germano
Galatea Ranzi
Livia, Margherita's mother
Silvio Vannucci
Fabietto Cruciani
Alessandra Celi
Mrs. Germano
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Overview
When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself at sea with an environment where students sort themselves by social class and their parents' political affiliation.
Release Date
2003-10-24
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6.5
Rating:
3.3 startsTagline
Sometimes you just want to fit in... or not.
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