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6.8/10
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Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 9 nominations
Zach Wallen
- Edward
- (as Zach -James Smith- Wallen)
Margerita Mazzola
- Martina
- (as Margherita Mazzola)
Martina Tasquetta
- Alessia
- (as Martina Taschetta)
Giulia Gorietti
- Giada
- (as Giulia Elettra Gorietti)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaSara Pallini's debut.
- GoofsThe story begins in 2003, but the dates do not match up with the days of the week for that year.
- ConnectionsReferences The Blues Brothers (1980)
- SoundtracksInno ufficiale dei giovani fascisti
Music by Giuseppe Blanc and lyrics by Vittorio E. Bravetta
Sung at the wedding reception
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Disarming Italian comedy (with political undertones)
This excellent Italian comedy is very similar in plot to Mean Girls (who came out in about the same time). The difference is that this is a much more politicized film. Caterina is a shy teenager from a small town in Italy, who moves to Rome with her long-suffering mother and her teacher father, when he is assigned to a new job there. In her new school, she has to choose to what clique to belong: the children of the progressive intellectuals or the children of the rich industrialists. The left or the right. What this film says is that these people are not terribly different between themselves. They both hold a degree of fame and power in Italian society, and look down upon those who don't. The outstanding performance in the movie is that of Caterina's father, the teacher Giancarlo (Sergio Castellito), a hothead angry that others have gotten all the breaks in life, who rants against the rich and privileged but who would sell his soul in a second in order to join the establishment. He is a familiar type of malcontent in real life but one who is seldom shown in the movies. There is a silly subplot of Caterina falling in love with an Australian boy (What they did that for? To reach an international market?), but all in all, this is one of the best Italian movies of the last years.
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- Dec 28, 2006
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Caterina flyttar till stan
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $296,464
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,352
- Jun 5, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $4,407,426
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was Caterina in the Big City (2003) officially released in Canada in English?
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