A Whole Life Ahead

117 mins
25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work as a telemarketer, experiencing first-hand the fanatical and exploitative rat-race culture pushed on employees while quickly rising through the ranks of the company. Around her revolve people like delusional supervisor Daniela, her womanizing boss Claudio, fragile coworker Lucio "2", and well-meaning but inconsistent union rep Giorgio.

Valerio Mastandrea

Giorgio Conforti

Laura Morante

Narrator (voice)

Elena Arvigo

Giorgio Conforti's wife

Raffaele Vannoli

Claudio's assistant

Mary Cipolla

Marta's mother

Valeria Colangelo

Alessia, operator

Veronica Corsi

Antonella, operator

Serena Silvani

Sabrina, operator

Alessia Cardella

Vanessa, operator

Francesca La Monica

Elisabetta, operator

Alessandro Roja

Technical support

Niccolò Senni

Sebastiano

Bob Messini

Sonia's customer

Giorgio Algranti

Sonia's customer

Teresa Saponangelo

Actress – Operator

Francesca Cutolo

Actress – Housewife

Edoardo De Nicola

Claudio's daughter

Maria Grazia Nazzari

Claudio's wife

Stefano Pinto

Christian

Claudio Fragasso

Culture office chief

Daniela Terreri

Post office clerk

Astrid Meloni

Journalist

Piero Chieti

Dean of Faculty

Caterina Sylos Labini

Customer (voice)

Cinzia Mascoli

Customer (voice)

Chiara Claudi

Customer (voice)

Laura Giannatiempo

Customer (voice)

Isabella Carle

Customer (voice)

Cristina Puccinelli

Customer (voice)

Adamo Dionisi

Customer (voice)

Marco Alfieri

Customer (voice)

Paolo Virzì

Director

Elisabetta Boni

First Assistant Director

Franco Piersanti

Original Music Composer

Renato Faust

Production Manager

Lorenzo Grasso

Second Assistant Director

Dario Ceruti

Second Assistant Director

Stefano Lorenzi

Co-Director

Giulia Contino

Script Supervisor

Davide De Cubellis

Storyboard Artist

Luigi Melchionda

Boom Operator

Marco Sacerdoti

Camera Operator

Francisco Pintore

Assistant Camera

Cristina Gauttieri

Assistant Camera

Enrico Andreoli

Assistant Camera

Mario Fontana Arnaldi

Set Decoration

Laura Tonello

Makeup Department Head

Ferdinando Merolla

Hair Department Head

Fabio Ferranti

Assistant Editor

Alberto Doni

Sound Mixer

Paolo Virzì

Producer

Paolo Zeccara

Visual Effects Supervisor

Mimmo Granata

Sound Editor

Daniele Mazzocca

Executive Producer

Guido Simonetti

Line Producer

Carlo Virzì

Second Unit Director

Davide Bassan

Production Design

Francesca Sartori

Costume Design

Nicola Pecorini

Director of Photography

Francesco Bruni

Screenplay

Paolo Virzì

Screenplay

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