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''My Generation'' () is a 1996 Italian
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
written and directed by
Wilma Labate Wilma Labate (born 4 December 1949) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Labate started her career as a television director, then in the 1980s she worked in the field of documentary filmmaking industry.Giorgio Dell’Arti, ...
. The film won the Grolla d'oro for best film.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . It was also the Italian candidate in the race for Best Foreign Language Film at the
69th Academy Awards The 69th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 24, 1997, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremo ...
, but it was not nominated.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences


Plot

1983. Braccio (Amendola), a political prisoner (he was a terrorist) is brought from
Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
to
Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
by a captain of the
Carabinieri The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign poli ...
(Orlando). He was given talks with his girlfriend. During the journey the captain shows himself kind, open, on his side. Arriving almost at destination the officer throws the mask. It was all a trick, the prisoner will have privileges, and perhaps soon freedom, if he speaks and denounces one of his fugitive comrades, probably murderer of a policeman. Braccio refuses and he's brought back to Sicily.


Cast

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Claudio Amendola Claudio Amendola (born 16 February 1963) is an Italian actor, film director and television presenter. He starred in the 1993 film '' The Escort'', which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Biography Born in Rome and the son of act ...
as Braccio *
Silvio Orlando Silvio Orlando (born 30 June 1957) is an Italian actor. Orlando was born and raised in Naples, where he started acting in theatre in 1976. He made his film debut in 1988 with a supporting role in the comedy '' Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan'', ...
as Captain *
Francesca Neri Francesca Neri (born 10 February 1964) is a retired Italian actress. Career Neri was born in Trento, Italy. She has received the Silver Ribbon Award three times, for Best Actress for '' Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse'' (1991), dire ...
as Giulia *
Stefano Accorsi Stefano Lelio Beniamino Accorsi (; born 2 March 1971) is an Italian actor. Early life and background Accorsi was born in Bologna. He graduated from Bologna's Theatrical School in 1993, and acted in the theatre for several years before moving to ...
as Carabiniere Bonoli *
Anna Melato Anna Melato (born 18 May 1952) is an Italian actress, singer and voice actor. She is best known for singing and acting in Lina Wertmüller's ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973), where she sang Nino Rota's "Canzone arrabbiata" and "El Tunin". In the 197 ...
as Elena *
Vincenzo Peluso This is a list of male actors from Italy, which generally includes those who have resided in Italy or have largely appeared in Italian film productions. This list includes all actors from :Italian male actors. Persons are listed alphabetically ...
as Concilio * Hossein Taheri as Carabiniere Caruso * Arnaldo Ninchi as Penzo *
Paolo De Vita Paolo De Vita (born 29 June 1957) is an Italian film and television actor. Born in Bari, he debuted on television in 1984 with the TV series ''Aeroporto internazionale'' (International Airport), followed by the 1985 miniseries ''Un siciliano in ...
as Marshal S. Alba * Alessandra Vanzi as Prostitute


See also

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List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non- English-speaking films ...
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List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Italy has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since the conception of the award. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion p ...


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* 1996 films Italian drama films 1996 drama films Films directed by Wilma Labate Films scored by Nicola Piovani 1990s Italian films 1990s Italian-language films Years of Lead (Italy) films {{1990s-drama-film-stub