
Our Life(2010)
Claudio is a construction worker living in the outskirts of Rome. He's happily married and his wife is pregnant with their third child. However, a dramatic event comes to upset this simple and happy life.


Czech immigrant Vesna arrives in Italy and is forced into casual prostitution by poverty. The encounter with a kind construction worker could help change her situation.

Tereza Groszmannová
Vesna

Antonio Albanese
Antonio

Silvio Orlando
L'assicuratore

Antonio Catania
il proprietario della tavola calda

Roberto Citran
il cameriere

Ivano Marescotti
il cliente turpe

Marco Messeri
Il proprietario della diga

Roberto Nobile

Antonio Petrocelli

Patrizia Piccinini
Vesna Goes Fast is a drama film released in 1996 exploring themes of rimini, italy, young prostitute, construction worker, immigrant experience, street prostitution, hopelessness. Directed by Carlo Mazzacurati, it stars Tereza Groszmannová, Antonio Albanese, Silvio Orlando. Czech immigrant Vesna arrives in Italy and is forced into casual prostitution by poverty. The encounter with a kind construction worker could help change her situation.
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