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A train travels across Italy toward Rome. Onboard is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was; a family of Albanian refugees who switch trains and steal a ticket; three brash Scottish soccer fans en route to a match; and a complaining widow travelling to a memorial service for her late husband who's accompanied by a community-service volunteer who's assisting her. Interactions among these Europeans turn on class and nationalism, courtesy and decorum, and opportunities for kindness.
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A train travels across Italy toward Rome. Onboard is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was; a family of Albanian refugees who switch trains and steal a ticket; three brash Scottish soccer fans en route to a match; and a complaining widow travelling to a memorial service for her late husband who's accompanied by a community-service volunteer who's assisting her. Interactions among these Europeans turn on class and nationalism, courtesy and decorum, and opportunities for kindness.
Rating:
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Abbas Kiarostami, Paul Laverty, Ermanno Olmi
In Theaters:
Box Office:$367,072
Runtime:109 minutes
Studio:Fandango, Medusa Film, Sixteen Films, UK Film Council, Invicta Capital, Sky
Cast
Ermanno Olmi, Ken Loach, Abbas Kiarostami
Director
Carlo Delle Piane
Professor
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
PR Lady
Silvana De Santis
Italian Lady
Filippo Trojano
Filippo
Martin Compston
Jamesy
Gary Maitland
Spaceman
William Ruane
Frank
Blerta Cahani
Albanian Family Girl
Klajdi Qorraj
Albanian Family Boy
Aishe Gjuriqi
Albanian Family Mother
Sanije Dedja
Albanian Family Grandmother
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