Piccolo mondo antico

Piccolo mondo antico

1941106 min6.8 / 10

A tender period romance about forbidden love across class lines, set against the backdrop of 19th-century Italy, where personal devotion contends with family duty and social expectation.

Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will.

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