The Best of Youth
Original title: La meglio gioventù
“The Possibilities Were Endless...”
2003 · 6 h 14 min
Marco Tullio GiordanaCast
Luigi Lo Cascio 
Alessio Boni 
Jasmine Trinca 
Adriana Asti 
Sonia Bergamasco 
Fabrizio Gifuni
Credits
Written by: 
Sandro Petraglia
Plot
Over almost forty years, from 1966 to 2003, the lives of two brothers and their family are interwoven with Italian history, in a long and epic family saga.
Sinekatalog’s take
A moving and epic six-hour family saga.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.4 / 10 (28,923 votes)
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