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The Big Step
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The Big Step

Aug 20, 2020
1h 36m
★ 6.8

Italy's secret space program is underway.

Overview

At the age of six, Dario watched the first moon flight on television. Since then, his dream has been to fly to the moon. For the past three decades, the ingenious but difficult by nature Dario has been building a moon rocket on his farm in the Veneto countryside. Rocket technology represents applied rocket science. Its systems are implemented on a do-it-yourself basis, and the components are obtained from the local hardware store. The initial launch of the rocket fails. The neighbor's cornfield burns down and Dario is arrested. When his Roman brother Mario hears about the difficulties that have arisen, he goes to his aid and Italy's secret space program finally gets going.

Genres

Science Fiction
Comedy

Production Companies

Ipotesi Cinema
Stemal Entertainment
Direzione Generale per il Cinema
Regione del Veneto
RAI
MiC

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Cast

Giuseppe Battiston

Dario Cavalieri

Giuseppe Battiston

Stefano Fresi

Mario Cavalieri

Stefano Fresi

Camilla Filippi

Carlotta

Camilla Filippi

Flavio Bucci

Umberto Cavalieri

Flavio Bucci

Roberto Citran

Piovesan

Roberto Citran

Luisa De Santis

Clinic Director

Luisa De Santis

Teco Celio

Adamo

Teco Celio

Vitaliano Trevisan

Vitaliano Trevisan

Valerio Mazzucato

Garbin

Valerio Mazzucato

Pascal Zullino

Pascal Zullino

Leonardo Antaridi

Ilario

Leonardo Antaridi

Katy Monique Cuomo

Serena

Katy Monique Cuomo

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