Cosmonaut
Directed bySusanna Nicchiarelli
Written bySusanna Nicchiarelli
Teresa Ciabatti
Produced byDomenico Procacci
CinematographyGherardo Gossi
Music byMax Casacci
Production
company
Release date
  • September 11, 2009 (2009-09-11) (Italy)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian
Russian

Cosmonaut (Italian: Cosmonauta) is a 2009 Italian coming-of-age film written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli.[1] It won the Controcampo Italiano at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.[2] It also won the Ciak d'oro for best first work.[3]

Plot

Cosmonaut follows a young girl named Luciana, who struggles to have her voice heard in a youth communist group dominated by men. She comes up with the platform to mobilize communism in her town by bringing recognition to the Soviet's progress in the space race. As a strong and stubborn female character, she struggles to balance new relationships and her role as her epileptic brother's supervisor.

Cast

  • Miriana Raschillà as Luciana Proietti
  • Pietro Del Giudice as Arturo Proietti
  • Michelangelo Ciminale as Vittorio
  • Chiara Arrighi as Fiorella
  • Valentino Campitelli as Angelo
  • Claudia Pandolfi as Rosalba
  • Sergio Rubini as Armando
  • Susanna Nicchiarelli as Marisa
  • Angelo Orlando as Leonardo

See also

References

  1. ↑ Boyd van Hoeij (September 6, 2009). "Review: 'Cosmonaut'". Variety. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Claudia Mormiglione (September 12, 2009). "Il Leone d'oro a "Lebanon" Premiate Trinca e Rappoport". La Repubblica. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ciak D'Oro 2010, 'Mine Vaganti' miglior film e Diritti miglior regista". Adnkronos. June 8, 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2014.


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