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I ragazzi di via Panisperna (1989)

I ragazzi di via Panisperna poster
Directed by
Gianni Amelio
Genre
drama film, historical film
Country
Italy
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
T
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows a group of young physics students in 1930s Rome. It shows their friendships, ambitions, and personal lives as they make scientific breakthroughs.

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What happens

I ragazzi di via Panisperna (Via Panisperna Boys) is an Italian movie by director Gianni Amelio, telling the enthusiasms, fears, joys and disappointments of the (private and professional) life of a well-known group of young men fond of physics and mathematics, who just made history as the Via Panisperna boys. The movie derives from a 3-hour long TV movie, which was produced and broadcast in two parts by RAI in 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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