Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
A Whole Life Ahead
TITLE DETAILS

A Whole Life Ahead

2008-03-28 · 117 min · ★ 6.6

Comedy · Drama

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.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Paolo Virzì
Production companies
Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto, Sky Italia
Countries
Italy
Status
Released
Budget
USD 6,150,000
Revenue
USD 5,788,176

Top Cast

Isabella RagoneseIsabella RagoneseMarta
Massimo GhiniMassimo GhiniClaudio
Valerio MastandreaValerio MastandreaGiorgio Conforti
Micaela RamazzottiMicaela RamazzottiSonia
Elio GermanoElio GermanoLucio 2
Sabrina FerilliSabrina FerilliDaniela
Laura MoranteLaura MoranteNarrator (voice)
Giulia SalernoGiulia SalernoLara
Edoardo GabbrielliniEdoardo GabbrielliniRoberto
Valentina CarneluttiValentina CarneluttiMaria Chiara
Caterina GuzzantiCaterina GuzzantiFabiana
Elena ArvigoElena ArvigoGiorgio Conforti's wife
Paola Tiziana CrucianiPaola Tiziana CrucianiSonia's mother
Raffaele VannoliRaffaele VannoliClaudio's assistant
Mary CipollaMary CipollaMarta's mother
Luisa BattagliaCatena
Tatiana FarneseTatiana FarneseFranca
Valeria ColangeloAlessia, operator
Veronica CorsiAntonella, operator
Serena SilvaniSabrina, operator

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

Corner Office
★ 6.5
Corner Office2023Comedy · Drama

In this office satire, Orson, a straight-laced employee, retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues. But why does this seem to upset them so much?

Carnage
★ 7.2
Carnage2011Comedy · Drama

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

SubUrbia
★ 6.2
SubUrbia1997Comedy · Drama

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

Diamonds
★ 7.1
Diamonds2024Comedy · Drama

In 1970s Rome, a filmmaker gathers actresses for a new project, which triggers memories of his past working in a Roman costume shop, run by Alberta and Gabriella, navigating personal and professional challenges while creating costumes for a major film.

Ugly, Dirty and Bad
★ 7.5
Ugly, Dirty and Bad1976Comedy · Drama

Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps hidden from the rest of the family. His whole life is now based on defending the money he sees as his own, while the rest of the family tries to kill him.

Don't Think Twice
★ 6.4
Don't Think Twice2016Comedy · Drama

An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.

Man on the Moon
★ 7.2
Man on the Moon1999Comedy · Drama

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

Fatherhood
★ 7.5
Fatherhood2021Comedy · Drama

A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

Hollywood Ending
★ 6.5
Hollywood Ending2002Comedy · Drama

Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.

We All Loved Each Other So Much
★ 8.3
We All Loved Each Other So Much1974Comedy · Drama

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

A Dog Year
★ 6.1
A Dog Year2009Comedy · Drama

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined because of abuse. Despite a series of mishaps, Jon decides to keep trying with the dog, and he rents a dilapidated farm house to give the dog room to run. A local handyman refers Jon to a woman who might be able to help him train the dog. Reluctantly, Jon gives her a try. Is the dog the problem, or the owner?

Nine to Five
★ 7.0
Nine to Five1980Comedy

Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.

The King of Comedy
★ 7.8
The King of Comedy1982Comedy · Drama

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

Clockwatchers
★ 6.2
Clockwatchers1997Comedy · Drama

Four female temps working for a credit company find their friendship threatened by the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.

The First Beautiful Thing
★ 7.2
The First Beautiful Thing2010Comedy · Drama

The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later.

Duplex
★ 6.1
Duplex2003Comedy

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

Thunderstruck
★ 6.2
Thunderstruck2012Comedy

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

My Own Love Song
★ 6.2
My Own Love Song2010Comedy · Drama

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

Young Adult
★ 5.8
Young Adult2011Comedy · Drama

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

The Trip to Italy
★ 6.4
The Trip to Italy2014Comedy · Drama

Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern England, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.

Similar titles

Azules Turquesas
★ 7.0
Azules Turquesas2019Drama

A woman suffering from drug addiction is interned against her will in a clandestine rehabilitation center where she suffers many cases of abuse and fights to survive against violence, prejudice and the loss of dignity.

Poster unavailable
★ 7.0
Aderyn Papur... and Pigs Might Fly1984Comedy · Drama

A boy living in underdeveloped Welsh village hopes for a better time of his homeland when seeing the two Japaneese businessmen with the apparent intentions to build a factory there.

Modern Times
★ 8.3
Modern Times1936Comedy · Drama

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Locationista
Not rated
LocationistaComedy

What happens when three women, each a "loser" by the world's standards, collide in a house they all hate for different reasons? Locationista is an off-beat dramedy about Nina, a nomad location scout with "roots floating flat in the air," Vika, a control-freak producer on the verge of a breakdown, and Lina, a fiery French homeowner abandoned after nine years of marriage. From anti-corporate manifestos and "shamanic dips" in green lakes to the harsh reality of indie filmmaking where peanuts and passion are the only currency, this film is a journey through the messy, absurd, and beautiful glory of finding oneself when there is no closure in sight. A visual experiment in embracing chaos, it explores the mathematician's paradox of human emotions—proving that when logic fails, shared vulnerability creates a new path.

Detention 101
★ 2.0
Detention 1012023Comedy · Drama

Four adults are detained in their apartments with only each other and a computer for online company. They each come from a different class with differing views but they all have one defining purpose to understand why they are really being held hostage in their own homes. The AI refuses to reveal the reason.

All My Girls
★ 7.5
All My Girls1980Drama

Ralf Paeschke is a film student who has to make a documentary film about a group of women working in a lamp factory. There is brazen Susie, mischievous Kerstin, lonely Anita, single Ella, withdrawn Gertrud and the imposing forewoman. When Kerstin is suspected of stealing, tension among the women mounts. Ralf demands that things be clarified, and his film plays an unexpected role in the matter.

Freddy Got Fingered
★ 4.8
Freddy Got Fingered2001Comedy

Unemployed cartoonist Gord Brody moves back in with his parents Jim and Julie and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he retaliates by spreading rumors that Jim is sexually abusing Freddy.

Ghost Town
★ 6.5
Ghost Town2008Comedy · Drama

Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!

Gung Ho
★ 6.1
Gung Ho1986Comedy · Drama

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.

Eden for Two
Not rated
Eden for Two2024Comedy · Drama

NEW YORK CITY. 1989. While Hungary remains under Communist control, two Hungarians escape to the United States in search of a new life, or at least new friends.

My secretary is mad... mad... mad...
★ 8.0
My secretary is mad... mad... mad...1967Comedy

The aviation company for which Ricardo works gives a secretary a trip to Peru.

Slope
Not rated
Slope2020Drama

Living in a village full of slopes can drive you mad. Those who have climbed them in the old-fashioned way are fully aware of that. What they don’t know is that their souls might have stuck around.

Love Crazy
★ 6.8
Love Crazy1941Comedy

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

My Bromance
★ 6.3
My Bromance2014Drama

Golf never wanted a brother. Bank just wanted to be loved. What grew between them changed both boys forever.

American Fiction
★ 7.2
American Fiction2023Comedy · Drama

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Descent
★ 4.3
Descent2007Drama

Following a brutal assault, a college co-ed's life spirals until she encounters her assailant while working as a dancer. The predator has become the prey, and the prey has set her sights on revenge.

Thuramukham
★ 5.1
Thuramukham2023Drama

The Harbour shows how two brothers end up on opposing sides of this system. One becomes the leader of an employer’s gang of thugs, while the other becomes an activist. All the while, the women in their family go hungry and the community is ravaged by violence and alcoholism.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
★ 6.7
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying1967Comedy

A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.

The Rainbow Troops
★ 7.5
The Rainbow Troops2008Drama

A group of 10 students struggles with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung.

Boxcar Bertha
★ 5.8
Boxcar Bertha1972Drama

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.