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Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 9 nominations total
Zach Wallen
- Edward
- (as Zach -James Smith- Wallen)
Margerita Mazzola
- Martina
- (as Margherita Mazzola)
Martina Tasquetta
- Alessia
- (as Martina Taschetta)
Giulia Gorietti
- Giada
- (as Giulia Elettra Gorietti)
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Did you know
- TriviaSara Pallini's debut.
- GoofsThe story begins in 2003, but the dates do not match up with the days of the week for that year.
- ConnectionsReferences The Blues Brothers (1980)
- SoundtracksInno ufficiale dei giovani fascisti
Music by Giuseppe Blanc and lyrics by Vittorio E. Bravetta
Sung at the wedding reception
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I think Virzì is one of the most interesting director in Italy, at the present moment. His ability to portray the current Italian society is quite good, and he achieves this either with *characters* (the two families in "Ferie d'Agosto", the father in "Caterina va in città") and with *stories* (the story of "Ovosodo", a bit of an Italian "It's a wonderful life"... just a bit, obviously... :-).
"Caterina va in città" is a good movie: the idea of showing chunks of the Italian society and habits through the eyes of an innocent teenager gives the movie a "fairy tale" twist that makes it really "light" and enjoyable. I also liked the mom's character, played by a really good and beautiful Margherita Buy: in general, I appreciated Virzì's idea that the "good" part of society is based on the strength of women, as all male characters in this movie either are donquixotesque losers or spoiled and arrogant over-grown babies.
But, as for most of his movies, I think the same criticism again apply: Virzì is openly a left-wing director, but he stresses this a bit too much and sometimes its works sound too "ideological": art should make you think, not tell you what to think, I guess. In addiction, some characters are too stereotypical and don't come out of a really deep psychological analysis. Still, I think he is currently the director who knows best how to take on the screen what goes on in Italy.
In conclusion, I think this movie - just like "Ovosodo" - is based on a simple yet powerful assumption: that happiness is the disease of the idiots...
"Caterina va in città" is a good movie: the idea of showing chunks of the Italian society and habits through the eyes of an innocent teenager gives the movie a "fairy tale" twist that makes it really "light" and enjoyable. I also liked the mom's character, played by a really good and beautiful Margherita Buy: in general, I appreciated Virzì's idea that the "good" part of society is based on the strength of women, as all male characters in this movie either are donquixotesque losers or spoiled and arrogant over-grown babies.
But, as for most of his movies, I think the same criticism again apply: Virzì is openly a left-wing director, but he stresses this a bit too much and sometimes its works sound too "ideological": art should make you think, not tell you what to think, I guess. In addiction, some characters are too stereotypical and don't come out of a really deep psychological analysis. Still, I think he is currently the director who knows best how to take on the screen what goes on in Italy.
In conclusion, I think this movie - just like "Ovosodo" - is based on a simple yet powerful assumption: that happiness is the disease of the idiots...
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- Also known as
- Caterina flyttar till stan
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $296,464
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,352
- Jun 5, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $4,407,426
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was Caterina in the Big City (2003) officially released in Canada in English?
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