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.

Cast (22)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Andrea Roncato

Maresciallo dei Carabinieri

Nicola Nocella

Frate

H

Holly Irgen

Giudice popolare

L

Luca Bagnoli

Cancelliere

Claudio Botosso

Medico legale

F

Filippo Velardi

Pubblico Ministero

V

Valter Capizzi

Orlando Giovanola

L

Luigi Monfredini

Avvocato della Difesa

G

Giovanni Leuratti

Padre di Rosalia Finotti

Luigi Nicolas Martini

Trial Spectator (uncredited)

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