The Best of Youth
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The Best of Youth

The Possibilities Were Endless...

8.0 / 10 2003 6h 7mR Italian
DramaHistoryRomance

Storyline

After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.

Cast & Crew

Luigi Lo Cascio

Luigi Lo Cascio

Nicola Carati

Lead
Alessio Boni

Alessio Boni

Matteo Carati

Adriana Asti

Adriana Asti

Adriana Carati

Sonia Bergamasco

Sonia Bergamasco

Giulia Monfalco

Fabrizio Gifuni

Fabrizio Gifuni

Carlo Tommasi

Maya Sansa

Maya Sansa

Mirella Utano

Valentina Carnelutti

Valentina Carnelutti

Francesca Carati

Jasmine Trinca

Jasmine Trinca

Giorgia Esposti

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Marco Tullio Giordana's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. The Best of Youth is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker