''Our Land'' (, also known as ''The Earth'') is a 2006
Italian
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comedy-drama film
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written and directed by
Sergio Rubini
Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theatre, he debuted in a feature f ...
. The film was nominated for seven
David di Donatello
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awards (including best film and best director), and for three
Nastro d'Argento
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awards.
Plot
Luigi Di Santo is a respectable teacher in
Milan
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, where he lives his family, with a bad past in
Apulia
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. One day he is called to Mesagne to deal with family problems. One of his three brothers does not want to surrender his farm in the country to a local developer who wants to build a large out-of-town shopping mall on the land. Another of the brothers, Michele, is desperate for his brother to sell the farm, because he has big debts and does not want to compromise his political career. Finally, the third and youngest of the brothers, Aldo, manages a retreat for disabled people in the country, and looks absolutely harmless. On the night of the Good Friday procession, the developer is shot dead in the town square, and people believe the killer is Mario, the owner of the farm, to take revenge. But it is not so, and soon Luigi finds a terrible secret in his family.
Cast
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Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Fabrizio Bentivoglio (born 4 January 1957) is an Italian film and stage actor and screenwriter.
Biography
Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born in Milan (his father is Venetian). After only one season in the juvenile team of Inter Milan, he left his ...
as Luigi Di Santo
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Sergio Rubini
Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theatre, he debuted in a feature f ...
as Tonino
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Emilio Solfrizzi
Emilio Solfrizzi (born 5 April 1962) is an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in Bari, in 1985 Solfrizzi graduated in performing arts at the Bologna University.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Mar ...
as Michele Di Santo
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Paolo Briguglia
Paolo Briguglia (born 27 May 1974) is an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Palermo, Sicily, Briguglia studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in Rome, graduating in 1998. He made his ...
as Mario Di Santo
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Claudia Gerini
Claudia Gerini (; born 18 December 1971) is an Italian actress and singer.
Life and career
Gerini was born in the city of Rome in Italy in 1971. When she was 13 she won the 1985 Miss Teenager beauty contest. Her acting debut came a year later i ...
as Laura
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Massimo Venturiello
Massimo Venturiello (born 4 August 1957) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Roccadaspide, Province of Salerno, in 1982 Venturiello graduated at the Silvio D'Amico Academy of dramatic Arts in Rome and the same year he made h ...
as Aldo Di Santo
References
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2000s Italian films
2000s Italian-language films
2006 comedy-drama films
2006 films
Fandango (Italian company) films
Films directed by Sergio Rubini
Films scored by Pino Donaggio
Italian comedy-drama films
Medusa Film films
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