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Cinque secondi
Released October 30, 2025
About Cinque secondi
Who is that scruffy-looking guy who lives alone in the renovated stables of Villa Guelfi? He spends his days doing nothing and avoiding contact with everyone. And when he realizes that a community of young people has settled illegally in the villa and is dedicated to caring for the abandoned countryside and vineyards, he gets nervous and wants to chase them away. They are students, recent graduates, agronomists, and among them is Matilde, who was born there and worked in the vineyard with her grandfather, Count Guelfo Guelfi, as a child. They too are intrigued by this misanthropic gentleman with a mysterious past: why does he live there alone and refuse to have contact with anyone? As the seasons pass, the conflict with this community of young men and women turns into coexistence, and eventually into an alliance. And Adriano finds himself looking after, in his brusque way, the young Countess Matilde, who is pregnant by one of the young men...
Movie Details
| Director | Paolo Virzì |
| Cast | Valerio Mastandrea as Adriano Sereni, Galatea Bellugi as Matilde, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Giuliana, Ilaria Spada as Letizia, Anna Ferraioli Ravel as Avvocata Pesaresi, Andrea Palma as Emilio detto Nebbia, Pietro Paschini as Emma, Claudio Segaluscio as Simone detto Durruti, Daniele Valdemarin as Olmo, Irene De Santis as Maya, Anna Lazzeri as Jasmine, Sofia Conti as Gea, Giorgia Lunghi as Damiano, Ilaria Ballantini as Giorgia, Zeno Algranti as Federico, Orsetta Algranti as Gaia, Aloisa Bargilli as Valentina, Caterina Rugghia as Elena Sereni, Luca Charles Brucini as Matteo Sereni, Giancarlo De Cataldo as Il Giudice |
| Genre | Drama |
| Runtime | 105 min |
| Studio | Indiana Production, GreenBoo, Motorino Amaranto, Vision Distribution, Sky |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | French, Italian |
| Revenue | $2,238,266 |
| IMDb | View on IMDb |