Salty Air

Jan 5, 2007

1h 27m

★ 6.4

Overview

An embittered penitentiary social worker receives an unwelcome blast from the past when the case file of his father, a convicted murderer who has been emotionally broken by prison life, lands on his desk.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Bianca Film

RAI Cinema

Salty Air Trailers

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Cast

Fabio

Giorgio Pasotti

Sparti

Giorgio Colangeli

Cristina

Michela Cescon

Emma

Katy Louise Saunders

Brunetti

Paolo Pierobon

Lodi

Sergio Solli

Umberto Sparti

Paolo De Vita

(as Beppe Lo Parco)

Giuseppe Lo Parco

Saverio

Emanuel Bevilacqua

Moglie di Saverio

Maria Caterina Frani

Padre di Emma

Simone Colombari

Alessandro Gelli

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