22 Oct 2004
Vera Drake
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Malefemmene
A young woman is wrongly jailed. In prison she finds a completely different world made of women who seem to have found the formula for freedom.
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Giovanna Mezzogiorno Francesca
Ángela Molina Nunzia
Ana Fernández Candela
Sabina Began Patrizia
Rosa Pianeta Botti
Clotilde De Spirito Donna Bionda
Federica Bonavolontà Cettina
Paola Fulciniti Fortezza
Pina Cutolo Rosa
Felicitè Mbezelè Angela Di Nardo 
Gianni Parisi 
Franca Abategiovanni Branciroli
Fabio Fulco Rosa Miranda Barbara Aversano Annunziata Schiavone Stefania Di Nardo Salvatore Perrot Stefania Angelillo
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