The Best of Youth

The Possibilities Were Endless...

After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lives of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family take different directions, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.

Drama History Romance

Luigi Lo Cascio

(Nicola Carati)

Alessio Boni

(Matteo Carati)

Adriana Asti

(Adriana Carati)

Sonia Bergamasco

(Giulia Monfalco)

Fabrizio Gifuni

(Carlo Tommasi)

Maya Sansa

(Mirella Utano)

Valentina Carnelutti

(Francesca Carati)

Jasmine Trinca

(Giorgia Esposti)

Andrea Tidona

(Angelo Carati)

Lidia Vitale

(Giovanna Carati)

Claudio Gioè

(Vitale Micavi)

Paolo Bonanni

(Luigino)

Giovanni Scifoni

(Berto)

Riccardo Scamarcio

(Andrea Utano)

Camilla Filippi

(Sara Carati)

Mario Schiano

(Professor of Medicine)

Michele Melega

(Professor of Literature)

Therese Vadem

(Thérèse)

Stefano Abbati

(Dealer)

Giovanni Martorana

(Magrebino)

Paolo De Vita

(Don Vito)

Mimmo Mignemi

(Saro)

Domenico Centamore

(Agent Enzo)

Pippo Montalbano

(Commissioner Sicily)

Gaspare Cucinella

('Viddanu')

Dario Veca

(Butcher)

Nicola Vigilante

(Nurse)

Marcello Prayer

(Lieutenant)

Walter Da Pozzo

(Mario)

Krum De Nicola

(Brigo)

Maurizio Di Carmine

(Terrorist)

Roberto Accornero

(President of the Turin Court)

Fabio Camilli

(Tangentopoli Prisoner)

Antonello Puglisi

(Palermo Priest)

Emilia Marra

(Female Doctor)

Patrizia Punzo

(Gallerist)

Nila Carnelutti

(Francesca Carati at 8 Years Old)

Greta Cavuoti

(Sara Carati at 8 Years Old)

Francesco La Macchia

(Andrea Utano at 6 Years Old)

Sara Pavoncello

(Sara Carati at 5 Years Old)

Valeria Colangelo

(Elena)

Laura Di Mariano

(Paola)

Massimiliano Petrucci

(Fabio)

Claudia Fiorentini

(Cati)

Giorgio Crisafi

(Primario Villa Quieta)

Paolo Emilio Alvarez de Castro

(Man in Jaguar)

Rosa Canova

(Saro's Wife)

Aldo Mansi

(Bartender Ravenna)

Ferdinando Martin

(Bartender Station)

Angelo Giuliano

(Station Agent)

Angelo Costabile

(Station Agent)

Enzo Marcelli

(Celio Sentinel)

Aldo Innocenti

(Graduated)

Stefano Biscotti

(Recruit)

Sjur Midttun

(Norway Boy)

Rasmus Bu

(Norway Boy)

Mohammed Essaje

(Norway Boy)

Cinzia Cartei

(Norway Girl)

Sergio Risso

(Florence Butler)

Asia Pallavicino

(Miss Riccobaldi)

Lavinia Matteucci

(Miss Riccobaldi)

Danilo Maria Valli

(Marino)

Fabio Roscillo

(Felice)

Alberto Pozzo

(Rosario)

Maddalena Recino

(Anita)

Massimo Del Sette

(Maddalena Recino)

Letterio Micalizzi

(Giovanbattista)

Roberto Faglia

(Fulgenzio)

Nanni Tormen

(Aldo)

Zefferino Stefanic

(Defendant)

Giusto Lo Piparo

(Defender Lawyer)

Marcella Mariotti

(Judge in Latere)

Manuela Massarenti

(Director of Psychiatric Hospital)

Alessandro Trotta

(Policeman Palermo)

Angelica Zanardi

(Neighbor)

Juana Jimenez

(Lolita)

Giuseppe Gandini

(Assessor)

Maria Grazia Bon

(Matteo's Home Goalkeeper)

Mattia Osti

(Police Officer)

Raffaele D'Orsi

(Police Officer)

Giuseppe Mascia

(Allievo III Media)

Fabio Rossi

(Orlando)

Leonardo Antiri

(Orlando Bambino)

Alessio Brilli

(Ludovico)

Giovanni Giordana

(Michele)

Fausto Maria Sciarappa

(Doctor)

Kristine M. Opheim

(Ermione)