Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons

7.3IMDb Score
Released:2010-03-12
Duration:108 min
Country:Italy
Director:Ferzan Özpetek
Actors:Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi, Ennio Fantastichini, Lunetta Savino
Production:Fandango, Faros Film, RAI Cinema

Overview:

Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.

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