''Cosmonaut'' () is a 2009

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written and directed by

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. It won the Controcampo Italiano at the

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. It also won the

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for best first work.

Plot

Cosmonaut follows a young girl named Luciana, who struggles to have her voice heard in a youth communist group dominated by men. She comes up with the platform to mobilize communism in her town by bringing recognition to the Soviet's progress in the

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. As a strong and stubborn female character, she struggles to balance new relationships and her role as her epileptic brother's supervisor.

Cast

*Miriana Raschillà as Luciana Proietti * Pietro Del Giudice as Arturo Proietti * Michelangelo Ciminale as Vittorio * Chiara Arrighi as Fiorella * Valentino Campitelli as Angelo *

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as Rosalba *

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as Armando *

as Marisa *

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as Leonardo

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* 2000s coming-of-age comedy-drama films 2009 films Italian coming-of-age comedy-drama films Films set in 1963 Films directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli 2009 directorial debut films 2000s Italian films Fandango (Italian company) films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub

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