A Brighter Tomorrow

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A Brighter Tomorrow

2023

1h 36m

7.0(350 votes)

Comedy

Overview

An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in Rome during the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, faces divorce from his producer wife and other problems.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Nanni Moretti

Giovanni

Margherita Buy

Paola

Silvio Orlando

Ennio

Barbora Bobuľová

Vera

Mathieu Amalric

Pierre

Jerzy Stuhr

Jerzy

Zsolt Anger

Direttore del circo

Teco Celio

Psicoanalista

Valentina Romani

Emma

Flavio Furno

Edoardo

Creative team

Directed by: Nanni Moretti
Written by: Nanni Moretti
Valia Santella
Produced by: Nanni Moretti
Domenico Procacci

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