Twice Born

Venuto al mondo

Italy, Spain, Croatia

2012

127 Min

Color

2.35:1

Italian, English, Bosnian

Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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PROD Sergio Castellitto, Roberto Sessa

SCR Sergio Castellitto, Margaret Mazzantini

CAST Penélope Cruz, Emile Hirsch, Jane Birkin, Mira Furlan, Sergio Castellitto, Saadet Aksoy, Branko Djuric, Sanja Vejnovic, Isabelle Adriani, Juan Carlos Vellido, Luna Mijović, Adnan Hasković, Milan Pavlović, Moamer Kasumovic, Rijad Gvozden, Emina Muftic, Pietro Castellitto, Mona Muratovic, Igor Zoric, Sven Medvesek, Mediha Musliovic, Mugdim Avdagic, Ermin Sijamija, Luca De Filippo

MUSIC Eduardo Cruz

Toronto (Gala Presentations), San Sebastián (Competition)

Synopsis

Gemma visits Sarajevo with her son, Pietro. Sixteen years ago they escaped the war-torn city while the boy’s father remained behind and later died. As she tries to repair her relationship with Pietro, a revelation forces Gemma to face loss, the cost of war and the redemptive power of love. –TIFF

Director

Sergio Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto (born 18 August 1953) is an Italian actor and director.

Castellitto attended the academy of dramatic art and dedicated himself to theatre soon after, working with many famous actors such as Luigi Squarzina, Aldo Trionfo and Enzo Muzii. He interpreted many films like Sembra morto…ma è solo svenuto directed by Felice Farina, Piccoli equivoci by Ricky Tognazzi and Stasera a casa di Alice by Carlo Verdone. He became more famous with the films The Great Pumpkin by Francesca Archibugi and The Star Maker by Tornatore.

Success arrived with the films La famiglia, L’ultimo bacio, Caterina in the Big City, My Mother’s Smile, Mostly Martha, and especially with Don’t Move, written by his wife Margaret Mazzantini. The last films that he interpreted were Il regista di matrimoni by Marco Bellocchio and La stella che non c’è by Gianni Amelio.

The first film that he directed is Libero burro and the last is Don’t Move. He played the role of the antagonist, King… read more