Caterina in the Big City
2003 · 107 min
Directed by Paolo Virzì. Written by Francesco Bruni, Paolo Virzì. Starring Sergio Castellitto, Margherita Buy, Alice Teghil, Federica Sbrenna.
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.
Critics 89% · audiences 77%