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Up at the Villa(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-04-14
52%
33 Votes
Time: 1h 55m
Overview:
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.
Languages: French, English.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
United States of America
Movie: Up at the Villa
Top 10 Billed Cast
Kristin Scott Thomas
Mary Panton
Sean Penn
Rowley Flint
Anne Bancroft
Princess San Ferdinando
James Fox
Sir Edgar Swift
Derek Jacobi
Lucky Leadbetter
Jeremy Davies
Karl Richter
Roger Hammond
Colin Mackenzie
Dudley Sutton
Harold Atkinson
Massimo Ghini
Beppino Leopardi
Lorenza Indovina
Nina
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Overview
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.
Release Date
2000-04-14
Average
5.227
Rating:
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