| Citizens of the World | |
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| Directed by | Gianni Di Gregorio |
| Written by | Gianni Di Gregorio Marco Pettenello |
| Produced by | Angelo Barbagallo |
| Starring | Ennio Fantastichini Giorgio Colangeli Gianni Di Gregorio |
| Cinematography | Gian Enrico Bianchi |
| Edited by | Marco Spoletini |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Citizens of the World (Italian : Lontano lontano) is a 2019 Italian comedy film written and directed by Gianni Di Gregorio. It premiered at the 2019 Torino Film Festival. [1]
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The Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw described the film as "gentle, wistful late-life comedy, [...] a sort of Italian version of Last of the Summer Wine ." [2] According to Little White Lies reviewer David Jenkins, the film is "delightful" and "does float by gracefully on a wave of easy, lightly ironic charm, and di Gregorio himself is just an extremely warm and funny screen presence". [3]
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