The Past Is a Foreign Land

15
2h 0m
2008
6.171 /10 (38)

Overview

A promising law student from a good family is driven by a cool cardsharper into a downward spiral of criminality, discovering a part of himself he had never known.

Country : Italy
Languages : Italiano
Released Date: 2008-10-31

Top Billed Cast

Elio Germano

Giorgio

Michele Riondino

Francesco

Chiara Caselli

Maria

Valentina Lodovini

Antonia

Marco Baliani

Franco

Daniela Poggi

Anna

María Jurado

Ángelica

Romina Carrisi

Giulia

Federico Pacifici

Lawyer

Lorenza Indovina

Alessandra

Antonio Gerardi

Officer

Gianrico Carofiglio

Patron

Dante Marmone

Roberto

Mino Barbarese

Drug dealer

Lorenzo D'Armento

Malavitoso

Nicola Moschetti

Scagnozzo

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