A Lighter Burden to Bear

A Lighter Burden to Bear (1998)

ComedyDramaTV Movie

Rome, late 1990s. Military service is still compulsory, and to avoid it, Marco, an ambitious young architect already on the rise, chooses conscientious objection and the resulting alternative civilian service. However, he ends up in a rehabilitation center for the disabled, where he has to take care of a girl suffering from a severe form of muscular dystrophy. After a difficult start, marked by the intolerance of the young manager, who is not used to low-paid jobs, the two form a deep bond, and the architect says that thanks to the girl, his civil service has been less difficult.

Director: Elisabetta Lodoli
Writers: Sandro Petraglia, Domenico Starnone, Federico Starnone.

Casts

	Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Elena
	Stefano Accorsi as Marco
	Lorenza Indovina as Claudia
	Tommaso Ragno as Paolo
	Sergio Albelli as Daniele
	Libero De Rienzo as Oscar
	Cecilia Sacchi as madre di Elena
	Antonio Carli as Riccardo
	Paolo Bonanni as Giuseppe
	Antonio Matessich as Cugino di Elena
	Francesco Maria Dominedò as Saverio

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