Feature film — 2025
The American Backyard (2025)
A troubled young man falls for an American military auxiliary in postwar Italy. A year later, he relocates to the American Midwest to write his first novel, next to her elderly mother's house—separated by a grim garden.
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A high-signal pick with 52 votes.
Duea Film / Minerva Pictures Group / RAI Cinema
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Director: Pupi Avati
On screen
Cast & crew
Filippo Scotti
Lui
Rita Tushingham
Flora
Roberto De Francesco
Emilio Zagatto
Armando De Ceccon
Glauco Zagotto
Chiara Caselli
Doris
Massimo Bonetti
Il presidente della Corte d'Assise
Morena Gentile
Arianna
Mildred Gustafsson
Barbara
Romano Reggiani
P.M.
Robert Madison
Maggiore Capland
Patrizio Pelizzi
Giudice della Corte d'Assise
Cesare Cremonini
Ugo Oste