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Quick Info

Rating

7.4/10

Release2009

Runtime1h 55m

StatusReleased

Budget$3,000,000

Revenue$3,034,481

Production

Aranciafilm

RAI Cinema

MiC

Toscana Film Commission

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna

Movie

The Man Who Will Come

2009

1h 55m

7.4

Drama

Synopsis

A group of Italian villagers struggle to survive during a tumultuous time in 1943, debating how much assistance to give the partisans with the impending arrival of the Germans. Based on True Events.

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