The Power of the Past (2002)
Forty-year-old Gianni Orzan is satisfied with the life he has built for himself. He lives with his wife Anna, a very sweet woman, and their son Francesco. An encounter with a strange stranger who claims to know things about his father, a fascist soldier, throws Gianni's equilibrium into crisis, forcing him to make a lucid analysis of who he is and who he would have liked to become.
Director: Piergiorgio Gay
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Sergio Rubini as Gianni Orzan |
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Bruno Ganz as Bogliasco |
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Sandra Ceccarelli as Anna Orzan |
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Mariangela D'Abbraccio as Madre di Matteo |
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Valeria Moriconi as Madre di Gianni |
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Giuseppe Becce as Portiere di notte |
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Monica Samassa as |
| Directing | Piergiorgio Gay | Director |
| Writing | Piergiorgio Gay | Writer |
| Writing | Sandro Veronesi | Novel |
| Writing | Lara Fremder | Writer |
| Camera | Luca Bigazzi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Carlotta Cristiani | Editor |
| Art | Paola Comencini | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Sartori | Costume Design |
| Sound | Quinto Rigo | Music |
| Production | Lionello Cerri | Producer |
| Production | Luigi Musini | Producer |