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Up to the World

Up to the World

2014 · 108 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy, Drama

Davide and Loris are brothers and live in a very small village in the north of Italy. While Davide is eighteen years old and gay, Loris is almost thirty and doesn't know anything about his brother's sexuality.

Directed by Alessandro Lunardelli

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