The Past Is a Foreign Land

The Past Is a Foreign Land

★ 6.3IMDb Score
Released:2008-10-31
Duration:120 min
Country:Italy
Director:Daniele Vicari
Actors:Elio Germano, Michele Riondino, Chiara Caselli, Valentina Lodovini, Marco Baliani
Production:Fandango, R&C Produzioni, RAI Cinema, Armadillo Film, MiC, Apulia Film Commission
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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.

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