L'Albero delle Pere (Shooting the Moon) (1998)
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Francesca Archibugi directed this Italian drama set in Rome where 14-year-old Siddhartha (Niccolo Senni) is forced to deal with his heroin-addicted mother Silvia (Valeria Golina). He occasionally gets a visit from his filmmaker father Massimo (Sergio Rubini), who left them years earlier. Silvia is… More Francesca Archibugi directed this Italian drama set in Rome where 14-year-old Siddhartha (Niccolo Senni) is forced to deal with his heroin-addicted mother Silvia (Valeria Golina). He occasionally gets a visit from his filmmaker father Massimo (Sergio Rubini), who left them years earlier. Silvia is involved with lawyer Roberto (Stefano Dionisi), and they have a child, four-year-old Domitilla (Francesca di Giovanni). She lives with her father but sometimes stays with Silvia and Siddhartha. One day Domitilla pricks her finger on a used needle belonging to her mother. Using the Internet to seek advice, Siddhartha is told to have Domitella tested for hepatitis and AIDS. Desperate, he sets forth but is soon stymied and frustrated by a medical bureaucracy. Shown at the 1998 Venice Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Francesca Archibugi
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- Sep 4, 1998 Wide
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Cast
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Valeria Golino
as Silvia
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Sergio Rubini
as Massimo
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Stefano Dionisi
as Roberto
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Niccolò Senni
as Siddhartha
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Francesca Di Giovanni
as Domitilla
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Maria Consagra
as Psychologist
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Giuseppe del Bono
as Toni
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Raffaella Lebboroni
as Doctor
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Serena Scapagnini
as Flavia