A little girl gets hurt by her mother's syringe. Her teenage half-brother tries to get her to get an HIV and hepatitis tests without their parents' knowledge, which causes more trouble.
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Title: L'albero delle pere (1998)
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| Valeria Golino | ... | Silvia | |
| Niccolò Senni | ... | Siddharta | |
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Francesca Di Giovanni | ... | Domitilla |
| Sergio Rubini | ... | Massimo | |
| Stefano Dionisi | ... | Roberto | |
| Corrado Invernizzi | ... | Laboratory technician | |
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Chiara Noschese | ... | Girl at test lab |
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Victor Cavallo | ... | Coso |
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Maria Consagra | ... | USL psychologist |
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Giuseppe Del Bono | ... | Toni |
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Raffaella Lebboroni | ... | Doctor |
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Sergio Pierattini | ... | Police commissary |
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Andrea Liu Junyu | ... | Paolo |
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Serena Scapagnini | ... | Flavia |
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Bruno Sclafani | ... | Michele |
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Fourteen-year-old Siddharta lives in Rome with his mother, Silvia - an affectionate, rambling, though shifty woman. She does not work. She lives by her wits, her friendships, her relationships. She's separated from Siddharta's father, Massimo, who does his best to help them. With Roberto she has a five-year-old daughter, Domitilla, who lives with her own father, from whom Silvia is also estranged. The two siblings love each other very much. Domitilla moves in for the Christmas holidays, and, one day while rummaging among her mother's trousse, gets hurt by a syringe. Emotional turmoil ensues. Siddharta has to live on in spite of his parents' mis-doings. He sends Domitilla to do HIV, HBV and HCV tests without their parents' knowledge. Hence, he has to use his own name. That causes unexpected trouble. Written by L.H. Wong <lhw@sfs.org.sg>
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4 September 1998 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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I've not seen a better foreign film than this! A touching story about a brother's concern for his naughty adorable half sister. When Domitilla gets hurt by their mom's syringe, Siddharta takes it into his own hands to bring her for a checkup. in doing so, he lies in registration etc, and goes thru all means to ensure noone finds out, especially their mother and 2 fathers(or Domitilla's dad would demand custody for her due to mother's negligence) It truly is a wonderful movie on sibling love, and i highly recommend "Shooting the Moon" :)