Cosmonaut | |
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Directed by | Susanna Nicchiarelli |
Written by | Susanna Nicchiarelli Teresa Ciabatti |
Produced by | Domenico Procacci |
Cinematography | Gherardo Gossi |
Music by | Max Casacci |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Languages | Italian Russian |
Cosmonaut (Italian: Cosmonauta) is a 2009 Italian coming-of-age film written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli.[1] It won the Controcampo Italiano at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.[2] It also won the Ciak d'oro for best first work.[3]
Cosmonaut follows a young girl named Luciana, who struggles to have her voice heard in a youth communist group dominated by men. She comes up with the platform to mobilize communism in her town by bringing recognition to the Soviet's progress in the space race. As a strong and stubborn female character, she struggles to balance new relationships and her role as her epileptic brother's supervisor.
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