Set in 1960, the year of the Rome Olympics, a 13 year-old boy with aspirations to become an athlete befriends an ageing, disabled bus driver who understands his ambitions.
Cast
Gian Maria Volonté
Felice
Diego Abatantuono
Nicola Sileca
Thérèse Liotard
Mariuccia Sileca
Santo Polimeno
Domenico 'Mimì' Sileca
Giada Desideri
Crisolinda
Enzo Ruoti
Autista Fiat 600
Jacques Peyrac
Barista
Jean-René Masrevery
Preside
Alessandro Casile
Pasqualino
Rosario Costantino
Medico
Bruno Crisafio
Vincenzino
Raffaella De Carolis
Unknown
Antonino Gangemi
Giacomino
Giuseppe Gangemi
Giosuè
Rosa Maria Giuffrifa
Unknown
Nicola Domenico Laganà
Zio Peppino
Umberto Francesco Laganà
Padre di Giosuè
Stefano La Motta
Totò
Giuseppe Mandica
Giudice della corsa
Laura Papotto Donia
Maestra di scuola
Ettore Pensabene
Giudice della corsa
Francesca Triolo
Moglie di Totò
Crew
Luigi Comencini
Director, Screenplay
Ugo Pirro
Screenplay
Francesca Comencini
Screenplay
Demetrio Casile
Story
Nino Baragli
Editor
Ornella Cristolini
Assistant Editor
Isabella Mauro
Assistant Editor
Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Maurizio Sciarra
First Assistant Director
Lorenzo Molossi
Second Assistant Director
Letizia Picone
Second Assistant Director
Fulvio Lucisano
Producer
Tarak Ben Ammar
Associate Producer
Roberto Giussani
Line Producer
Cinzia Bruni
Line Producer
Ranieri Cochetti
Production Design
Carlo Tafani
Camera Operator
Fabio Conversi
Camera Operator
Alessandro Ghiara
Assistant Camera
Luigi Conversi
Assistant Camera
Carolina Ferrara
Costume Design
Grazia Miccinelli
Hairstylist
Marina Marin
Hairstylist
Luigi Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Claudia Reymond Shone
Makeup Artist
Romano Checcacci
Sound Mixer
Gérard Lecas
Sound
Pascal D'Hueppe
Boom Operator
Antonio Vivaldi
Original Music Composer
Enzo Falessi
Still Photographer
Donatella Maiorca
Script Supervisor
Mauro Anzelotti
Key Grip
Valerio Garzia
Gaffer
Tullio Lullo
Production Manager
Franca Paoletti
Seamstress
Gianluigi Bruni
Unit Manager
Silvano Spoletini
Unit Manager
Claudio Scimone
Conductor
Elisabetta Gizzi
Administration
Nestore Baratella
Administration
Umberto Mattone
Production Secretary
Sante Castrignano
Production Secretary
