

The Second Wedding Night
2005-11-11 · 103 min · ★ 6.2
When his destituite widowed sister-in-law—whom he had never stopped harbouring feelings for—and her ne'er-do-well son come to live with him after World War II, a mentally-ill farmer who spends all his time destroying unexploded ordnance scattered across the countryside finds a new purpose in his lonely life.
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- Directors
- Pupi Avati
- Production companies
- Duea Film, RAI Cinema
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Antonio AlbaneseGiordano Ricci
Neri MarcorèNino Ricci
Katia RicciarelliLilliana Vespero
Angela LuceSuntina Ricci
Marisa MerliniEugenia Ricci
Robert MadisonEnzo Fiermonte
Toni SantagataUgo di Dante
Sandro DoriNotaio Colliva
Mia BenedettaMariagrazia Colliva
Edoardo RomanoUomo che affitta il treno
Manuela MorabitoEstrellita De Navasquez
Gilberto IdoneaCamionista
Valeria D'ObiciMamma di Clara
Vincenzo FaillaCovicchio
Paolo FiorinoPasseggero
Patrizia SacchiDonna sacrestia
Luciano LuminelliInfermiere
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