Twenty years in the life of "Il Califfo" Franco Califano, from the Rome of the Dolce Vita to the 1984 concert at the Teatro Parioli, through great musical successes, loves, falls, and comebacks.
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Leo Gassmann
Franco Califano
Giampiero De Concilio
Antonello Mazzeo
Valeria Bono
Ornella Vanoni
Andrea Ceravolo
Gianni Minà
Angelica Cinquantini
Mita Medici
Angelo Donato Colombo
Francis Turatello
Jacopo Dragonetti
Edoardo Vianello
Andrea Dugoni
Alfredo Rossi
Rosa Palasciano
Jolanda
Antonio Perna
Elio
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