The Spectator

May 7, 2004

1h 38m

★ 6.0

Overview

Valeria is a passive onlooker to her own life in Turin, and she grows so obsessed with the activities of her neighbor Massimo that when he moves to Rome she decides to follow him. There she meets and unexpectedly befriends Massimo's companion Flavia, and becomes enmeshed in both of their lives.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Emme Produzioni

Ubu Film

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Cast

Valeria

Barbora Bobuľová

Massimo

Andrea Renzi

Flavia

Brigitte Catillon

Guido Zaccagnini

Chiara Picchi

Matteo Mussoni

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