Caterina in the Big City
“Sometimes you just want to fit in... or not.”
2003•NR•1h 45m•6.5•Released
ComedyDrama
When her social-climbing father is relocated from a one-horse town to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls in his old school, finding herself adrift in an environment where eighth-graders form friendships based on social class and their parents' political affiliations.
Director
Paolo Virzì
Writer
Francesco Bruni, Paolo Virzì
Languages
Italian
Studio
Cattleya
Cast
Sergio Castellitto
Giancarlo Iacovoni
Margherita Buy
Agata Iacovoni
Alice Teghil
Caterina Iacovoni
Federica Sbrenna
Daniela Germano
Margherita Mazzola
Martina
Carolina Iaquaniello
Margherita Rossi Chaillet
Martina Tasquetta
Alessia
Galatea Ranzi
Livia, Margherita's mother
Silvio Vannucci
Fabietto Cruciani
Alessandra Celi
Mrs. Germano
Pasquale Anselmo
Riccardo
Luisella Boni
Andreina, Gianfilippo's mother
Paola Tiziana Cruciani
Aunt Marisa
Raffaella Lebboroni
Livia's friend
Flavio Bucci
Lorenzo Rossi Chaillet
Production
Company
Cattleya
Company
RAI Cinema
Producer
Giovanni Stabilini
Producer
Marco Chimenz
Producer
Riccardo Tozzi
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