Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Vinicio Marchioni | ... | Antonio | |
Marco D'Amore | ... | Agostino | |
Jennifer Ulrich | ... | Emily | |
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Chiara Muscato | ... | Paola - Madre di Antonio |
Lou Castel | ... | Karl | |
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Nicola Adobati | ... | Wwoofer |
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Malice Omondi Atteno | ... | Elodie |
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Ben Kerremans | ... | Manager Ristorante Anversa (as Ward Kerreman) |
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Dieter Kerreman | ... | Cameriere Ristorante Anversa |
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Vittorio Magazzù Tamburello | ... | Antonio ragazzo (as Vittorio Magazzù) |
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Francesco Bianco | ... | Antonio bambino |
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Jacopo Vinci | ... | Agostino ragazzo |
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Gabriele Vinci | ... | Antonio bambino |
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Sofia Bellucci | ... | Ragazza della sauna |
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Chiara Ombelli | ... | Ragazza della sauna |
Antonio and Agostino grew up together in a small town in Sicily; they dreamt of living a different life, somewhere else. Now thirty-year-olds, they both live abroad but they lost touch years ago. When Antonio discovers that the house he grew up in, which had been empty for a long time, is about to be sold at auction, he decides to leave and reconnects with his childhood friend. But their lives have changed a lot. Old conflicts and new revelations bring them through Europe on a truck journey.
One of the "buddy study" or male-bonding genre that follows the reunion and subsequent days of two childhood friends from Sicily, Antonio and Agostino, after 15 years of no contact / lost contact. Beginning in Sicily when the two characters were boys, the drama unfolds as the two regain contact. Agostino is a truck driver; Antonio's life path isn't easily specified by occupation. Rather, it is specified only briefly, identifying the places he has lived. The commonality among them is a drifting of sorts. The film examines their reunion as Antonio hitches a ride with Agostino on a delivery from Antwerp to Venice, at first uneasy, while we learn about the two boyhood friends and how they come back into each other's lives. We see them work through the unknowns of how / why their friendship stopped along the road to recovery. Great cinematography in the stunning physical geography, actual footage along the Autobahn, in truck stops, and a ferry terminal (among others), further enhanced by the outstanding and realist acting by the two male leads.