Caterina in the Big City(2003)
Sometimes you just want to fit in... or not.
When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself at sea with an environment where students sort themselves by social class and their parents' political affiliation.
Movie: Caterina in the Big City
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Giancarlo Iacovoni
Agata Iacovoni
Caterina Iacovoni
Daniela Germano
Livia, Margherita's mother
Fabietto Cruciani
Mrs. Germano
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When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself at sea with an environment where students sort themselves by social class and their parents' political affiliation.
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2003-10-24
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Sometimes you just want to fit in... or not.
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