Giovanna's Father

2008

1h 44m

6.9(120 votes)

Drama

Overview

Michele Casali is a middle-class professor in Fascist Italy who teaches at the same high school attended by his only daughter, Giovanna. A shy and sensitive girl, her insecurities are only magnified by Michele's overprotectiveness—reaching a point of no return.

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94 members

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Silvio Orlando

Michele Casali

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Francesca Neri

Delia Casali

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Ezio Greggio

Sergio Ghia

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Alba Rohrwacher

Giovanna Casali

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Serena Grandi

Lella Ghia

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Manuela Morabito

Elide Traxler

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Gianfranco Jannuzzo

Preside Apolloni

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Paolo Graziosi

Andrea Taxler

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Valeria Bilello

Marcella Traxler

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Sandro Dori

Belletti

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Rita Carlini

Lia

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Antonio Pisu

Cicci Dalmastri

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Edoardo Romano

Pradelli

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Lorena Miller

Cassiera

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Chiara Sani

Amabile

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Dalia Zagni

Proprietaria trattoria (as Dalia Lahav)

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Gennaro Diana

Poliziotto

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Eleonora Vallone

Carcerata

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Gaia Zoppi

Partoriente

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Gisella Marengo

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Hong-hu Ada

Donna con infante (as Ada Perotti)

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Paolo Fiorino

Sainati

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Stefano Alessandroni

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Elisa Alessandro

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Mauro Barabani

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Mario Benedetto

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Luigi Biondi

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Anna Boccia

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Bruno Casalboni

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Dino Cassio

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Pier Paolo Cattozzi

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Cesare S. Cremonini

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Davide Dal Fiume

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Fabio De Cesari

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Ludovico Dello Iojo

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Emilio Denza

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Alba di Sant'Anselmo

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Nicola Egidio

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Gianfranco Fagnano

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Clemenza Fantoni

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Alessandro Ferrari

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Azzurra Fiume

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Riccardo Francia

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Paolo Frosina

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Francesco Gabriele

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Dario Gambarin

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Luca Giliberto

Poliziotto

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Lisa Girelli

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Maria Grazia Grilli

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Massimiliano La Spina

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Nela Lucic

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Luciano Luminelli

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Simone Merini

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Federica Miniati Flajis

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Andrea Montovoli

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Giuliana Nanni

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Rossella Nobile

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Enzo Ognibene

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Gianni Olivieri

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Valentino Pagliei

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Anna Passanisi

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Enrica Pecchioli

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Aline Pilato

Prof.ssa Bau

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Ezio Prosperi

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Cristina Puccinelli

Spettatrice

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Santi Ragusa

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Agostino Ranieri

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Pasquale Renzi

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Igor Righetti

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Gianluca Roncato

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Marina Ruffo

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Edoardo Tavassi

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Fabio Massimo Testa

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Romano Trerè

Tabaccaio

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Vincenzo Valenziano

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Fabio Vannozzi

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Chiara Venanzoni

Bigliettaia

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Gloria Coco

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