12 Apr 1991
Impromptu
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
We Believed
1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, seeking to finally unify Italy under a republican government. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the following fifty years.
Top Billed Cast
Luigi Lo Cascio Domenico Lopresti
Valerio Binasco Angelo Cammarota
Francesca Inaudi Cristina di Belgiojoso
Andrea Bosca Angelo Cammarota (giovane)
Edoardo Natoli Domenico Lopresti (giovane)
Luigi Pisani Salvatore Tambasco
Guido Caprino Felice Orsini
Renato Carpentieri Carlo Poerio
Michele Riondino Saverio Tambasco
Peppino Mazzotta Don Carmine Lopresti
Franco Ravera Antonio Gomez
Stefano Cassetti Carlo Rudio
Andrea Renzi Sigismondo di Castromediano
Ivan Franěk Simon Bernard
Roberto De Francesco Ludovico
Toni Servillo Giuseppe Mazzini
Luca Barbareschi Antonio Gallenga
Fiona Shaw Emilie Ashurst
Luca Zingaretti Francesco Crispi
Anna Bonaiuto Cristina di Belgiojoso (anziana)
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