Holy Shoes

Jul 4, 2024

★ 6.5

Overview

The film tells, through the stories of four characters whose lives, in different forms and manners, are either changed or endangered by shoes, an object symbolizing desire par excellence, what we are willing to do to find our identity in the world, how far we go to be loved and accepted. It narrates a world where everyone desires what they don't have, where everyone wants to be what they are not.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Pepito Produzioni

RAI Cinema

MiC

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Cast

Bibbolino

Simone Liberati

Luciana

Carla Signoris

Agnese

Isabella Briganti

Marianna

Ludovica Nasti

Serena

Denise Capezza

Filippetto

Raffaele Argesanu

Mei

Tiffany Zhou

Carlo Longoni

Orso Maria Guerrini

Paride

Roberto De Francesco

Xian

Andrea Zhang

Martino

Valentino Campitelli

Bruno

Alessandro Iammella

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