Moon Landing

Aug 20, 2020

1h 36m

★ 6.8

Italy's secret space program is underway.

Overview

At six, Dario watched the first Moon landing on TV, sparking a lifelong dream to reach the stars. For the rest of his life, the ingenious curmudgeon built a homemade space rocket on his farm using scraps from the local hardware store. But, after a disastrous first launch burns down the neighbors' cornfields, Dario lands in jail. Enter Mario, his estranged brother who left the dying countryside for the big city: despite the confusion, he agrees to help Italy's 'secret space program' finally take off.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Ipotesi Cinema

Stemal Entertainment

Direzione Generale per il Cinema

Regione del Veneto

RAI

MiC

Moon Landing Trailers

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Cast

Dario Cavalieri

Giuseppe Battiston

Mario Cavalieri

Stefano Fresi

Carlotta

Camilla Filippi

Umberto Cavalieri

Flavio Bucci

Piovesan

Roberto Citran

Clinic Director

Luisa De Santis

Adamo

Teco Celio

Vitaliano Trevisan

Garbin

Valerio Mazzucato

Pascal Zullino

Ilario

Leonardo Antaridi

Serena

Katy Monique Cuomo

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