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La Sorpresa - L'eccezionale storia di Padre Marella

Filippo, a young teenager, discovers that his maternal grandfather was raised by Father Marella.

10 average rating
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10
Italian / 94 MIN. / 2021

The Genres

The Synopsis

Filippo, a restless teenager of today, is tasked with a school project about his family history. Through stories told by his mother, Lucia, he makes a surprising discovery: Ivo, his maternal grandfather, whom he never knew, was an orphan, just like him. He was raised by Father Marella, a truly extraordinary figure: a philosopher, a beggar, an eccentric teacher, and a savior of Jews, but, above all, a father to countless abandoned children. For Filippo, this begins an adventurous and dramatic journey into the Bologna of the 1940s and 1950s, a journey of discovery, leading him to learn about Father Marella, his grandfather Ivo, and, ultimately, himself.

The Cast

Stefano AbbatiMarco FrancisconiAlex BagnariMaddalena CioccaGiulia SangiorgiFrancesco SeveriCarlotta MitiLucia MingozziCaterina TenisciBob MessiniPietro GherardiJonathan ThomasooLaura AguzzoniMaria Angela Bacchi ReggianiMaria MengozziBeatrice ScialoiaMaria Letizia AndrighettiPaolo PaccagnellaPaola ContiniFrancesco FantoniAnna AbbateCamillo MarianiDavide BernardiTommaso PiacentiAlessandro Dell’OreficeEdoardo Degli EspostiMattia Di GiovanniLorenzo CenciSara ZanchiFrancesca FoschiniDaria GrellaAgnese BacconiLuca FontanaClaudio La MarcaCarmine Di VirgilioGianfranco BoattiniRoberto MalandrinoPaolo Maria VeronicaMorena MazzantiRoberta SacchettiMarzia RicciardiLeonardo BrattiBianca BallardiniAndrea RodaJacopo SenniPierpaolo PerroneMatteo FazioChristian SotoGiacomo FoschiniGabriele RattiniGiuseppe LombardiniMassimiliano MessereDavide RondoniAlessio BussolariLucia ProdiRoberto AmatoChristian DeiAlessandro FerrerioNatale Vianello

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