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Once You're Born...

Quando Sei Nato, Non Puoi Piu Nasconderti

FEATURE FILM 118'
Drama

Cannes Film Festival 2005 - In Official Competition
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Directed by

Marco Tullio Giordana (La Meglio Gioventu,The Best of Youth)

Starring

Alessio Boni (La Meglio Gioventu / The Best of Youth)
Matteo Gadola
Michela Cescon (Primo Amore / First Love)

Production

Cattleya

2005 / Original language: Italian / Color / Dolby SRD

Thirteen year-old Sandro is the privileged son of a wealthy entrepreneur in a northern Italian city. When a sailing trip in the Mediterranean goes awry and the boy falls overboard in the middle of the night, Sandro is rescued by a fishing boat full of refugees trying to land illegally on the Italian coast. This encounter takes him into a strange new world, at once terrible and wonderful.

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Cannes Film Festival (2005)
In Official Selection
Won François Chalais Award

All films in official selection in Cannes



David di Donatello Awards (2006)
Nominated Critics Award (Film Commission Torino Piemonte)



Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2006)
1 award and 2 nominations
Silver Ribbon Best Producer. Also for Romanzo criminale (2005) and Bestia nel cuore, La (2005).
Nominations:
Silver Ribbon Best Sound
Best Supporting Actor - Rodolfo Corsato



Young Artist Awards (2006)
Nominated Young Artist Award Best International Family Feature Film
Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performer - Matteo Gadola