Cosmonaut (film)

This article is about the 2009 Italian film. For other films, see Cosmonaut (disambiguation).

2009 Italian film

Cosmonaut

Directed by| Susanna Nicchiarelli
Written by| Susanna Nicchiarelli
Teresa Ciabatti
Produced by| Domenico Procacci
Cinematography| Gherardo Gossi
Music by| Max Casacci

Production
company

Fandango

Release date

* September 11, 2009 (2009-09-11) (Italy)

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]

## Plot

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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.

## Cast

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* Miriana Raschillà as Luciana Proietti
* Pietro Del Giudice as Arturo Proietti
* Michelangelo Ciminale as Vittorio
* Chiara Arrighi as Fiorella
* Valentino Campitelli as Angelo
* Claudia Pandolfi as Rosalba
* Sergio Rubini as Armando
* Susanna Nicchiarelli as Marisa
* Angelo Orlando as Leonardo

## See also

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* List of Italian films of 2009

## References

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1. ^ Boyd van Hoeij (September 6, 2009). "Review: 'Cosmonaut'". Variety. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
2. ^ Claudia Mormiglione (September 12, 2009). "Il Leone d'oro a "Lebanon" Premiate Trinca e Rappoport". La Repubblica. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
3. ^ "Ciak D'Oro 2010, 'Mine Vaganti' miglior film e Diritti miglior regista". Adnkronos. June 8, 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

## External links

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* Cosmonaut at IMDb

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Films directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli

* Cosmonaut (2009)
* Discovery at Dawn (2012)
* Nico, 1988 (2017)
* Miss Marx (2020)
* Chiara (2022)

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