La meglio gioventù [videorecording] = The best of youth / RAI, Radiotelevisione italiana presenta ; un film di Marco Tullio Giordana ; soggeto e sceneggiatura, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli ; produttori RAI, Tonino Nieddu, Fabrizio Zappi ; una produzione Rai Fiction ; prodotto da Angelo Barbagallo per Bìbì film TV ; diretto da Marco Tullio Giordana.

Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2006]

ISBN: 0788860461

Description: 2 videodiscs (368 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject(s): Brothers Italy Drama.
Youth Italy Social conditions Drama.
Brothers Drama.
Italy History 1945-1976 Drama.
Italy History 1976- Drama.
Feature films.
Feature films Italy.
Historical films.
Historical Feature. migfg
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Foreign language films Italian. local

Credits: Director of photography, Roberto Forza ; editor, Roberto Missiroli ; costume designer, Elisabetta Montaldo ; production designer, Franco Ceradlo.

Performers: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco, Fabrizio Gifuni, Maya Sansa, Valentina Carnelutti, Jasmine Trinca, Andrea Tidona, Lidia Vitale, Claudio Gioé, Paolo Bonanni, Giovanni Scifoni, Riccardo Scamarco, Camilla Filippi, Mario Schiano, Michele Melega, Therese Vadem, Stefano Abbati, Giovanni Martorana, Paolo De Vita, Mimmo Mignemi, Domenico Centamore, Pippo Montalbano, Gaspare Cucinella , Dario Veca, Nicola Viglilante, Marcello Prayer, Walter da Pozzo, Krum de Nicola, Maurizio di Carmine, Roberto Accornero, Fabio Camilli, Antonello Puglisi, Patrizia Punzo, Emilia Marra, Nila Carnelutti, Greta Cavuoti, Sara Pavoncello, Francesco La Macchia.

Target Audience: MPAA rating: R; for language and brief nudity.

Notes: Italian dialogue, English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Widescreen (letterbox format).
Originally released in 2003.
Cannes Film Festival, 2003: Prix Un Certain Regard.

Summary: Divided by politics but bonded by blood, Italian brothers Nicola and Matteo find their paths intersecting through some of the most tumultuous events in recent history. Produced for Italian television, but never broadcast; released theatrically instead.