

The Best of Youth (2003)
La meglio gioventù
Potentially harmful to children under 6 years. May contain mild violence or frightening content.
Overview
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.
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