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The Best Reward (2024)

Mattia is 17 years old. Raised in a post-industrial province and experiencing an identity crisis, he is the son of a trade unionist and a housewife. Hypersensitive and fragile, he expresses himself through hip-hop music. The death of his older brother begins a period of great changes. Mattia leaves school, starts working in a factory and, through a North African colleague, approaches Islam. Prey to a lacerating restlessness, Mattia takes the path of progressive isolation and radicalization.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Luka ZunicLuka ZunicMattia
  • Photo of Fabrizio FerracaneFabrizio FerracaneMattia's Father
  • Photo of Abdessamad BannaqAbdessamad BannaqMuhrad
  • Photo of Giulia ValentiGiulia ValentiMarisa
  • Photo of Lawrence Hachem EbajiLawrence Hachem EbajiRashid
  • Photo of Francesca RabbiFrancesca RabbiLaura
  • Photo of Laura PizziraniLaura PizziraniSecretary
  • Photo of Davide LoraDavide LoraWorker
  • Photo of Giuseppe SepeGiuseppe SepeGianni

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