''Drifters'' ( it, Gli sfiorati) is a 2011

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directed by

Matteo Rovere Matteo Rovere (born 22 January 1982) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer. He's the youngest Italian film-maker to have won the Nastro d'argento for best producer, with ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want''. Life and career Born in Rome ...

. It is based on the 1990 novel ''Gli sfiorati'' by Sandro Veronesi.

Plot

For the young Méte, a graphologist fascinated by the psychology hidden behind writing, it's an embarrassing and difficult situation having to take care of his half-sister Belinda, a seventeen-year-old teenager in the balance between everything and nothing, during the second marriage of Méte's father (the only thing the two have in common). To avoid the situation, Méte pretends to be mostly busy with Damiano, a womanizer friend, and Bruno, colleague and separated father. But Méte must eventually face his half-sister, a subject hitherto only grazed.

Cast

Andrea Bosca Andrea Bosca (born 14 July 1980) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 2004. Life and career Andrea Bosca graduated in 2003 from the Teatro Stabile School of Turin, founded by director Luca Ronconi. In 2004 he beca ...

as Méte *

Miriam Giovanelli Miriam Giovanelli (born 28 April 1989) is an Italian-Spanish actress and model. Biography Miriam Giovanelli was born in Rome, Italy to an Italian father and Spanish mother. Personal life On 23 September 2017 she married the Spanish archite ...

as Belinda *

Claudio Santamaria Claudio Santamaria is an Italian actor; in 2016 he was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Actor award for portraying the superhero Enzo 'Jeeg' Ceccotti in ''They Call Me Jeeg''. Career His cinema debut came in 1997, with Leonardo Pieracci ...

as Bruno *

Michele Riondino Michele Riondino (born 14 March 1979) is an Italian actor. Born in Taranto, Riondino enrolled at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2000. In 2006, he acted in ''The Black Arrow'', a TV series broadcast by Canale ...

as Damiano *

Massimo Popolizio Massimo Popolizio (born 4 July 1961) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Massimo Popolizio studied at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome in 1984, Popolizio started his career as a stage actor and, after gradu ...

as Sergio *

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis (born 5 November 1968) is a Spanish-Italian film actress. Biography She was born in Rome on 5 November 1968, to a Spanish father , a history lecturer exiled from Francoism, and an Italian mother, Fiorella d ...

as Virna *

Asia Argento Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with a ...

as Beatrice

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* 2011 films Italian drama films 2011 drama films Films directed by Matteo Rovere Incest in film Films about siblings Films based on Italian novels Films based on works by Sandro Veronesi 2010s Italian films Fandango (Italian company) films {{2010s-drama-film-stub

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