Caterina in the Big City Movie Review 2003

Caterina (Teghil) is a small town teenager who experiences a nasty case of culture shock when her family moves to Rome. Frustrated, ambitious school teacher dad Giancarlo (Castellitto) is glad to be out of the sticks and back to the big city but Caterina is soon pulled between two high school cliques--lead by rebellious bohemian Margherita (Iaquaniello) and spoiled debutante Daniela (Sbrenna). Meant to be seen (in a cynical comedic way) as a microcosm of Italian society with the middle-class caught between the strident, communist left and the elitist, conservative right. Italian with subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on DVD
Running time 106 minutes.
Originally from Italian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Italy, Rome--Modern, Elementary School/Junior High, Culture Clash, Politics, Dads, Family Drama

Screenplay

Paolo Virzi, Francesco Bruni

Cast

Alice Teghil, Sergio Castellitto, Margherita Buy, Carolina Iaquaniello, Federica Sbrenna, Claudio Amendola

Cinematography

Arnaldo Catinari

Director

Paolo Virzi

Music

Paolo Virzi

Other

Mario Iaquone, Cecilia Zanuso, Bettina Pontiggia, Tonino Zera

Producer

Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, Cattleya (Italy)/Film & General Prods., 01 Distribution