Fallen Heroes

Story

Synopsis

Forty year-old Bruno Ledeux, seen sitting across from the doctor, gives the impression of a man who is no longer young but not yet old.Condemned to remain nothing more than a son, he begins his downward slide, as if a fog had shut him in a cage from which there is no escape. Bruno can never have children .He says nothing about this diagnosis to Anne, his beloved wife. Nor does he tell her about a large debt he has taken out. It is as if Bruno were a man without any qualities or talents. A mediocre man who has lost all pride. Though now everything appears hazy in his memory. Like a river that flows peacefully, showing no signs of the hidden currents at work below. But at times those currents can return to the surface. Without warning.

Director

Paolo Franchi

Writers

Daniela Ceselli, Paolo Franchi, Michele Pellegrini

Language

Italian

Country

Switzerland, Italy

Release date

28 March 2008

Ensemble

Cast

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  Bruno Todeschini

  Bruno

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  Elio Germano

  Luca

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  Irène Jacob

  Anne

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  Maria de Medeiros

  Cécile

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  Paolo Graziosi

  Giorgio Neri

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  Mimosa Campironi

  Elisa

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  Alexandra Stewart

  Bruno's mother

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  Rinaldo Rocco