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ALTO (2015)

ALTO poster
Original title
Alto
Directed by
Mikki del Monico
Genre
drama film, comedy film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mob boss's daughter and a singer in a band form an unlikely friendship. One of them develops feelings, but the other struggles to face her own emotions. The story is light-hearted while showing the hardships of coming out to family.

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What happens

Alto is a 2015 American romantic comedy crime film written and directed by Mikki del Monico. It stars Diana DeGarmo and Natalie Knepp as two Italian-American women who develop an unlikely friendship considering one is a mob boss's daughter and the other is a singer in a band. Nicolette develops feelings for Frankie but all Frankie can do is run away from her emotions. The film is light-hearted while showing the struggles of coming out to the family. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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