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Flee
Why this pick
Like Ughetto’s film, this animated memoir turns family migration into intimate living history, balancing handmade visual poetry with the lasting emotional weight of displacement and remembrance.
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MOVIE2022 1h 10m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the Beginning of the 20th century - Ughettera, Northern Italy, The Ughetto family's village. Living in the region had become very difficult and the Ughettos dream of a better life abroad. Legend has it that Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps starting a new life in France, thus changing the destiny of his beloved family forever. His grandson travels back in time revisiting their history.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ariane Ascaride
Cesaria
Stefano Paganini
Luigi
Laurent Pasquier
Vincent
Laura Devoti
Louisa
Bruno Fontaine
Nino, Gérard et un ouvrier français
Thierry Buenafuente
René
Carlo Ferrante
Le Rebouteux
Pascal Gimenez
Recruteur et contremaître