The 2008 Italian Film Festival

Thirteen year-old Sandro is from Brescia in northern Italy, the only son of a family that in just two generations has achieved significant wealth. One night, during a sailing trip through the Mediterranean, Sandro falls into the sea, and the others on board notice too late. When they return to look for him, there is no sign of the boy. Although given up for dead, Sandro, instead, has managed to be rescued by a fishing boat carrying illegal immigrants to Italy. Thus, begins his adventurous return to Italy. Having confronted unknown expectations, rejections, hopes and disillusionments, Sandro has crossed over that thin line between adolescence and adulthood. And once over that threshold, nothing is like it was before.

From the novel by the same name of Maria Pace Ottieri.

Director: Marco Tullio Giordana

Cast: Alessio Boni, Michela Cescon, Matteo Gadola, Rodolfo Corsato

Year: 2005

Duration: 115 min.

Genre: Drama

Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations

Best Producer: Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
François Chalais Award (Marco Tullio Giordana): Cannes Film Festival
Nominated Critics Award (Marco Tullio Giordana): David di Donatello
Nominated Best Supporting Actor (Rodolfo Corsato), Best Sound: Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Nominated Golden Palm (Marco Tullio Giordana): Cannes Film Festival

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