''Cosmonaut'' ( it, Cosmonauta) is a 2009

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written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. It won the Controcampo Italiano at the

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. It also won the

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for best first work.

Plot

Cosmonaut follows a young girl named Luciana, who struggles to have her voice heard in a youth communist group dominated by men. She comes up with the platform to mobilize communism in her town by bringing recognition to the Soviet's progress in the space race. As a strong and stubborn female character, she struggles to balance new relationships and her role as her epileptic brother's supervisor.

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*Miriana Raschillà as Luciana Proietti * Pietro Del Giudice as Arturo Proietti * Michelangelo Ciminale as Vittorio * Chiara Arrighi as Fiorella * Valentino Campitelli as Angelo *

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as Rosalba *

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as Armando * Susanna Nicchiarelli as Marisa * Angelo Orlando as Leonardo

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