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To Love the Damned

To Love the Damned

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To Love the Damned

1980

1h 24m

5.2(9 votes)

Drama

Overview

Young radical Riccardo returns home after hiding in South America for five years, only to find out that his comrades either gave up their ideals or turned to drugs, while all they fought for seems to have set the stage for near-anarchy.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Flavio Bucci

Flavio Bucci

Riccardo

Biagio Pelligra

Biagio Pelligra

Commissario

Micaela Pignatelli

Micaela Pignatelli

Letizia

Agnès Nobecourt

Guya

Anna Miserocchi

Anna Miserocchi

Madre di Riccardo

Massimo Jacoboni

Umberto

Stefano Manca di Villahermosa

Carlino

Alfredo Pea

Alfredo Pea

Vincenzo

Franco Bizzoccoli

Franco Bizzoccoli

Partigiano

David Riondino

David Riondino

Beniamino

Creative team

Directed by: Marco Tullio Giordana
Written by: Marco Tullio Giordana
Vincenzo Caretti
Produced by: Mario Gallo

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