
Portrait Of My Father
A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Maria Sole Tognazzi
Actors: Bernardo Bertolucci, Carlo Lizzani, Laura Morante, Mario Monicelli, Michel Piccoli, Michele Placido, Pupi Avati, Thomas Robsahm, Ugo Tognazzi, Valeria Golino
Country: Italy
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