La tentazione di esistere

Jan 22, 2023

1h 35m

★ 0.0

Overview

A pensioner with many phobias realises one day that four million francs have been mistakenly deposited into his account. Instead of notifying the bank, he makes an unexpected decision: he withdraws the money and flees on his moped.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Rough Cat sagl

RSI

La tentazione di esistere Trailers

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Cast

Elvezio Zoppi

Paolo Sassanelli

Paola Galli

Euridice Axén

Guerri

Teco Celio

Peter

Christoph Gaugler

Thomas

Nöldi Forrer

Erika Bronner

Irene Casagrande

Eugenio Grassi

Luca Lazzareschi

Joe Milani

Alberto Astorri

Arianna

Sara Bertelà

Esther

Tatiana Winteler

Bruno Zoppi

Massimo Mesciulam

Alda Cenci

Jasmin Mattei

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