Comedy ·Drama · Italy · 2003 · 1h 45m

Caterina in the Big City

Caterina va in città

Caterina in the Big City poster
Director
Paolo Virzì
Cast
Sergio Castellitto as Giancarlo Iacovoni Margherita Buy as Agata Iacovoni Alice Teghil as Caterina Iacovoni Federica Sbrenna as Daniela Germano Margherita Mazzola as Martina Carolina Iaquaniello as Margherita Rossi Chaillet
Crew
Arnaldo Catinari — Director of Photography Cecilia Zanuso — Editor Francesco Bruni — Screenplay Paolo Virzì — Screenplay Paolo Virzì — Story Francesco Bruni — Story
Tagline

Sometimes you just want to fit in... or not.

Synopsis

When her social-climbing father is relocated from a one-horse town to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls in his old school, finding herself adrift in an environment where eighth-graders form friendships based on social class and their parents' political affiliations.

Mood & Themes
school friendrome, italymiddle schoolchorussocial lifefirst kissoverbearing fathermoving to a citypolitical humordramedyfitting in
Key Collaborators
Paolo Virzì Director Arnaldo Catinari Director of Photography Cecilia Zanuso Editor Francesco Bruni Screenplay Paolo Virzì Screenplay Paolo Virzì Story Francesco Bruni Story Giovanni Stabilini Producer Marco Chimenz Producer Riccardo Tozzi Producer Tonino Zera Production Design Bettina Pontiggia Costume Design
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