Break Free (film)

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Break Free
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Directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
Written by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
Starring Elio Germano
Nicole Grimaudo
Cinematography Roberto Forza
Edited by Marco Spoletini
Music by Andrea Rocca
Production
companies
Fandango
Medusa Film
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
105 min
Country Italy
LanguageItalian

Break Free (Italian : Liberi) is a 2003 Italian romance-comedy drama film directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. [1]

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For his performance in this film and in The Return of Cagliostro Luigi Maria Burruano received a special mention from the Pasinetti Award jury at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. [2]

Plot

The story tells of two boys from Abruzzo. Cenzo is iun man from Bussi sul Tirino, small mountain village, who moves to the big city of Pescara. But Cenzo doesn't get used to the city life, and falls into depression. The son Vince instead is a boy full of life, who dreams of escape from Pescara, and wants to learn about the world, and meets the traumatic Genny, a girl of Pescara too. Genny loves Vince, however she is a very sensitive girl who suffers from panic attacks.

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References

  1. Nick Vivarelli (September 8, 2003). "Review: 'Break Free'". Variety . Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. "Vince la fantastica vitalità del curdo Vodka lemon". La Repubblica . September 7, 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2014.