

Discovery at Dawn
2013, Italian. Directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli.
Thirty years after the disappearance of her father, a university professor who was targeted by radicals in the '70s, a woman discovers a way to communicate with her past self and tries to prevent the tragedy that marred the life of her family, but she learns that not everything was as she thought.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Susanna NicchiarelliDirector
- Margherita BuyCaterina Astengo
- Susanna NicchiarelliBarbara Astengo
- Gabriele SpinelliGiuseppe
- Lino GuancialeMarco Tessandori
- Bruno CorazzariLoris Poletti
- Lucia MascinoLa mamma
- Gianluigi FogacciCast
- Renato CarpentieriGiovanni Tonini
- Lina SastriMarianna Dall'Acqua
- Sergio RubiniLorenzo
Details
- Released
- 9 January 2013
- Original title
- La scoperta dell'alba
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Susanna Nicchiarelli, Michele Pellegrini
- Budget
- $2M
- Box office
- $119K
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Discovery at Dawn runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Which OTT platform is Discovery at Dawn on?
Discovery at Dawn isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 January 2013. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Discovery at Dawn?
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Who directed Discovery at Dawn?
Discovery at Dawn (2013) was directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli and stars Margherita Buy, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Gabriele Spinelli.