Alice Teghil, Antonio Carnevale, Carolina Iaquaniello, Claudio Amendola, Federica Sbrenna ...( see more  see more... ) , Flavio Bucci , Margherita Buy , Martino Reviglio , Sergio Castellitto , Silvio Vannucci , Zach Wallen

A 15-year-old provincial girl moves to Rome and finds her new private school is a microcosm of the cultural and political divisions of Italian society. When her parents, Giancarlo and Agata, move from...( read more  read more... ) a seaside town in Tuscany to an ailing aunt's apartment in the big city, Caterina is ready for something new. Dad, a teacher in a tech school, has undisguised social ambitions and is delighted to see a list of famous last names attending his old alma mater, where Caterina will also be going. Her class is split between revolutionary no-globals and rich kids who parrot their parents' conservative ideas. Both sides try to bring the new girl into their sphere of influence. She's first drawn to Margherita, a mercurial hippie princess and soon falls in with the flighty Daniela and her circle of rich, cell phone totting mall-rats. As her parent's marriage disintegrates in the face of her father's social frustrations, Catherina finds comfort in her extended family and hope for the future in a budding romance (and perhaps the prospect of emigration someday) with a boy from Australia.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: Paolo Virzì

Release Date: January 1, 2003

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DVD Release Date: December 20, 2005

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  • October 24, 2009
    Hmm wasn't interesting enough. When Caterina had ups and downs befriending with the other rich people was worth watching. However didn't understand much of the political side of it. Kind of lame.
  • October 24, 2009
    I couldnt get past the 1st 10 minutes
  • December 15, 2008
    Virzì is one of the few italian directors I admire, check out "Caterina"!
  • March 11, 2008
    come si vede che questo film è di virzì! anche se rispetto a my name is tanino devo dire è molto meglio!!!
  • January 22, 2007
    Margherita Buy is amazing in this role! I love her!

Critic Reviews


June 24, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

A charming and wise film about a teenage girl who moves from the Italian suburbs to the pulsing metropolis that is Rome. full review

June 5, 2005
Marcy Dermansky, About.com

Paolo Virzì captures the breathless excitement and sharp disappointments of adolescence. full review

May 17, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Despite its slightly overblown histrionics, Castellitto's furious performance gives the film a welcome measure of righteous indignation. full review

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