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Before It Had a Name

3.820051h 30mPG-13MovieDramaRomance

A young Italian woman inherits from her deceased lover an enigmatic modern house in the New York country side, and goes to see it for the first time. When she arrives she meets the caretaker of the house.

DirectorGiada Colagrande
WritersWillem Dafoe·Giada Colagrande
ProducersRita Capasa·Frank Frattaroli

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Cast · Directed by Giada Colagrande

WDWillem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Leslie
GCGiada Colagrande
Giada Colagrande
Eleonora
SCSeymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel
Jeff
SL
Spenser Carrion Leigh
Girl
BHBari Hyman
Bari Hyman
Policeman
IBIsaach de Bankolé
Isaach de Bankolé
Waiter
EMEmily Cass McDonnell
Emily Cass McDonnell
Gail
CBClaudio Botosso
Claudio Botosso
Karl

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