

Giovanna's Father
2008-09-12 · 104 min · ★ 6.8
Michele Casali is a middle-class professor in Fascist Italy who teaches at the same high school attended by his only daughter, Giovanna. A shy and sensitive girl, her insecurities are only magnified by Michele's overprotectiveness—reaching a point of no return.
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- Directors
- Pupi Avati
- Production companies
- Duea Film, Medusa Film
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Silvio OrlandoMichele Casali
Francesca NeriDelia Casali
Ezio GreggioSergio Ghia
Alba RohrwacherGiovanna Casali
Serena GrandiLella Ghia
Manuela MorabitoElide Traxler
Gianfranco JannuzzoPreside Apolloni
Paolo GraziosiAndrea Taxler
Valeria BilelloMarcella Traxler
Sandro DoriBelletti
Rita CarliniLia
Antonio PisuCicci Dalmastri
Edoardo RomanoPradelli
Chiara SaniAmabile
Dalia ZagniProprietaria trattoria (as Dalia Lahav)
Gennaro DianaPoliziotto
Eleonora ValloneCarcerata
Gaia ZoppiPartoriente
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