Caterina in the Big City
Caterina in the Big City

Caterina in the Big City

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2003
1h 45m
6.5(262 votes)
Comedy
Drama

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.

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Cattleya
RAI Cinema

Cast & Crew

41 members
Acting

Sergio Castellitto

Giancarlo Iacovoni

Sergio Castellitto
Acting

Margherita Buy

Agata Iacovoni

Margherita Buy
Acting

Alice Teghil

Caterina Iacovoni

Alice Teghil
Acting

Federica Sbrenna

Daniela Germano

Federica Sbrenna
Acting

Margherita Mazzola

Martina

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Carolina Iaquaniello

Margherita Rossi Chaillet

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Martina Tasquetta

Alessia

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Galatea Ranzi

Livia, Margherita's mother

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Silvio Vannucci

Fabietto Cruciani

Silvio Vannucci
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Alessandra Celi

Mrs. Germano

Alessandra Celi
Acting

Pasquale Anselmo

Riccardo

Pasquale Anselmo
Acting

Luisella Boni

Andreina, Gianfilippo's mother

Luisella Boni
Acting

Paola Tiziana Cruciani

Aunt Marisa

Paola Tiziana Cruciani
Acting

Raffaella Lebboroni

Livia's friend

Raffaella Lebboroni
Acting

Flavio Bucci

Lorenzo Rossi Chaillet

Flavio Bucci
Acting

Claudio Amendola

Manlio Germano

Claudio Amendola
Writing

Maurizio Costanzo

Self

Maurizio Costanzo
Acting

Simonetta Martone

Self

Simonetta Martone
Acting

Michele Placido

Self

Michele Placido
Acting

Roberto Benigni

Self

Roberto Benigni
Acting

Luigi Grilli

Uncle Alfredo

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Renata Orso Ambrosoli

Aunt Adelina

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Zach Wallen

Edward

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Giulia Elettra Gorietti

Giada

Giulia Elettra Gorietti
Acting

Emanuele Ajello

Mirko

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Costume & Make-Up

Ottavia Virzì

Red-headed leftist student

Ottavia Virzì
Writing

Giuditta Avossa

Other Parioli student

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Acting

Bob Messini

Professor

Bob Messini
Acting

Raffaele Vannoli

Marcello, the chaffeur

Raffaele Vannoli
Writing

Paola Rota

Lucilla

Paola Rota
Acting

Marit Nissen

Germanos' governess

Marit Nissen
Acting

Milly Corinaldi

Grandma Cesira

Milly Corinaldi
Acting

Bruno Pavoncello

Armando

Bruno Pavoncello
Acting

Maria Grazia Nazzari

Interviewer at the club

Maria Grazia Nazzari
Acting

Corrado Fortuna

SS Lazio player

Corrado Fortuna
Acting

Martino Reviglio

Gianfilippo

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Acting

Paolo Proietti

Palazzo Chigi's usher

Paolo Proietti
Production

Dario Ceruti

PE teacher

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Acting

Roberta Lena

School secretary

Roberta Lena
Acting

Franco Pinelli

Headmaster

Franco Pinelli
Acting

Alison Cameron Adam

Edward's mother

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