The Tearsmith cast features Simone Baldasseroni, Caterina Ferioli and Sabrina Paravicini. This info article contains minor spoilers and cast/character summaries for Alessandro Genovesi’s 2024 Netflix movie. Check out more streaming guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast category, and then browse complete soundtrack song listings in the Soundtracks of Cinema section.

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The Tearsmith centers on two Italian orphans. When a grieving family adopts Rigel and Nica, the teenagers develop a romantic bond. The narrative follows the main protagonist as they live out a real-life fairy tale. Here’s every actor and character in The Tearsmith, an adaptation of Erin Doom’s 2021 novel.

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The Tearsmith Cast: Simone Baldasseroni as Rigel Wilde

Character Profile: An orphan. He is a brooding young man who feels like a “wolf.” Rigel suffers from an untreated brain condition.

Baldasseroni’s Resume: Simone (as Biondo) in È per il tuo bene (2020), Tommaso in Crazy for Football (2021), Michele in Che Dio ci aiuti (2021), Ruggine in Vivere non è un gioco da ragazzi (2023), Luca in Cinquanta km all’ora (2024)

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The Tearsmith Cast: Caterina Ferioli as Nica Dove

Character Profile: An orphan who values courage. She thinks about her biologist parents. Nica embraces a fairy tale inside of her heart.

Ferioli’s Resume: Movie Debut in The Tearsmith

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The Tearsmith Cast: Sabrina Paravicini as Margaret

Character Profile: The headmaster at Sunnycreek Orphanage. She intimidates Nica and other orphans. Margaret gains custody of Rigel.

Paravicini’s Resume: Director of Be Kind (2018) — Also, Jessica in Un medico in famiglia (1998-2004), Sandra in Comunque mia (2004), Regina in Alice and the Land That Wonders (2020), Marta in I Hate Christmas (2022-23)

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The Tearsmith Cast: Alessandro Bedetti as Lionel

Character Profile: Nica’s classmate. He becomes increasingly jealous of Rigel. Lionel threatens to harm Nica.

Bedetti’s Resume: Daniele in Nudes (2021), Chris in Headshot (2023), Tano in Hai mai avuto paura? (2023), Hermes in Those About to Die (2024)

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The Tearsmith Cast: Roberta Rovelli as Anna Milligan

Character Profile: Nica’s guardian. She sells plants at her greenhouse. Anna muses about pain and love after her son’s death.

Rovelli’s Resume: Ada Cremisi in Once Upon a Time the City of Fools (2010), Clelia in Il sogno del maratoneta (2012), Amica di Francesca in Alaska (2015), Commissaria in Zero (2021), Madre adottiva in I Am the Abyss (2022)

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The Tearsmith Cast: Orlando Cinque as Norman Milligan

Character Profile: Anna’s husband. He runs a pest control business. Norman worries about the mental health of both Rigel and Nica.

Cinque’s Resume: Trentadenari in Romanzo criminale – La serie (2008-10), Emiliano in Thou Shalt Not Kill (2018), Bauer in Into the Labyrinth (2019), Cantovios in Romulus (2020), Tito Macchia in Vanina (2024)

Read More at VV — Know the Cast: ‘Damsel’

The Tearsmith cast also includes:

• Eco Andriolo as Adeline
• Nicky Passarella as Billie
• Sveva Romana Candelletta as Miki
• Dana Melanie as Nica (Voice)
• Elle Van Dorpe as Young Nica (Voice)
• Eugenio Krauss
• Laura Baldi
• Matteo Capraro
• Anna Cianca
• Juju Di Domenico

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.