Raise Your Head
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Release: 2009-11-06
·Runtime: 86m
·★ 6.6
Drama
Mero, a skilled shipyard worker, is a single father. His son Lorenzo, born from a relationship with an Albanian girl, is his only reason for living. The father dreams that the boy will become a champion boxer, to make up for his own anonymous career as an amateur in the ring. This is why he puts him through a tough training program, teaching him day after day to throw punches and protect himself from life's low blows. The balance of this relationship is disturbed by the return of Lorenzo's mother Denisa and by the son's meeting with young Ana. Mero's trials are not over and he must face up to pain, his prejudices and the remoteness of Italy's north east.
Production Countries
Italy
Production Companies
Bianca Film
RAI Cinema
Alien Produzioni
Cast
Sergio Castellitto
as Mero
Giorgio Colangeli
as Malagodi
Anita Kravos
as Sonia
Duccio Camerini
as Abatino
Augusto Fornari
as Brancifiore
Pia Lanciotti
as Denisa
Gabriel Spahiu
as Radu
Emanuel Bevilacqua
as Shrek
Paolo De Vita
as medico
Barbara Scoppa
Nello Mascia
as Rinaldini
Teresa Acerbis
Rinat Khismatouline
as Poliziotto
