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Steel (2012)

Steel poster
Original title
Acciaio
Directed by
Stefano Mordini
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This drama follows a working class family struggling through a crisis at the local steel plants in the industrial town of Piombino, Tuscany.

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What happens

Steel (Italian: Acciaio) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Stefano Mordini. It is based on the 2010 novel Steel (Acciaio) by Silvia Avallone. The film is set in the industrial town of Piombino, Tuscany and focuses on a working class family involved in the Piombino steel plants' crisis. It premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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