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Pierfrancesco Favino

Francesco Di Leva

Tommaso Ragno

Aurora Quattrocchi

Sofia Essaïdi

Nello Mascia

Artem Tkachuk

Salvatore Striano

Virginia Apicella

Daniela Ioia

Luciana Zazzera

Giuseppe D'Ambrosio

Ciro Oliva

Angela Esposito

Anna Marigliano

Giusy Freccia

Francesco Maria Tommasino

Lia Gusein-Zadé

Raluca Boca

Carmine Esposito

Gianna Mosca

Ciro Ferrigno

Salvatore Esposito

Santa Esposito

Michele Frallicciardi

Salvatore Merola

Nunzia Patierno

Katia Suma

Jessica Suma

Francesco Saverio di Costanzo

Carmine Aprile

Anna Liguori

Rita Casolaro

Ahmied Mherb

Domenico Di Guida

Francesco Moglie

Simone Cuomo

Tiziana Angeloni

Emanuele Palumbo

Ursula Patzak

Luca Federico

Carlo Postiglione

Cinzia Corpetti

Imma Napoletano

Simon Cappi

Andrea Papa

Rosario Cammarota

Andrea Grossi

Claudio Trotti

Ippolita Di Majo

Carmine Guarino

Jacopo Quadri

Mario Martone

Ermanno Rea

Maria Carolina Terzi

Luciano Stella

Roberto Sessa

Paolo Carnera

Paola Gattabrusi

Emanuele Cecere

Carlo Stella

Silvia Moraes

Andrea Leone

Francesco Sabez

Raffaele Di Florio

Angelo Laudisa

Anna Redi

Rodolfo Migliari

Paola Rota

Chiara Grassi

Gennaro Fasolino

Giancarlo Rutigliano

Marco Perna

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Pierfrancesco Favino is "Felice", who returns to his native Naples to find his elderly mother "Teresa" (Aurora Quattrocchi) living in a basement apartment, rarely washing and taking much care of herself. He determines to hang around and help her get back on her feet whilst at the same time working with the local priest "Luigi" (Francesco Di Leva) to reunite with his childhood friend "Spasiano" (Tommaso Ragno) who has meantime become the elusive local criminal kingpin. It has been many a year since "Felice" could consider himself a local, and the city is largely new and unfamiliar to him, as is the angry and violent criminal fraternity that holds much of the place in it's grip. Can he meet and reconcile with his erstwhile friend? Is he even safe to do so? This is a great looking film capturing well the beauty and the turmoil of this ancient city whilst director Mario Martone offers us a chance to relive some of the memories this, now Muslim and married, visitor recalls as he retraces many of the steps of his childhood. There is very little joy in this film, it's a rather depressing affair that at times really does labour the despair facing many in this community. That's not to say it isn't worth watching, but after a while I felt drained and a bit confused before an ending that I couldn't quite get my head around. Anger? Spite? Pity, even? It's a long watch and I probably wouldn't ever watch it again - but I am glad that I did, once.

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