We are back in the eighties, in Milan. Nello is a trade-unionist, he has strong ethical beliefs but he’s very fond of modernity, tertiary and market: too progressive for those years he’s sent away from the trade-unions and sent in a cooperative of ex insane people just being discharged from the mental hospital due to Basaglia’s decree. So Nello has to work with a “bunch of freaks” that are not able to do anything and that make charity works to survive. He believes in the dignity of work and, against psychiatrists’ opinions, tries to spur them to learn a job : how to assemble parquets…
Regia / Director GIULIO MANFREDONIASoggetto / Subject FABIO BONIFACCI Sceneggiatura / Screenplay FABIO BONIFACCI, GIULIO MANFREDONIA Fotografia / Cinematographer ROBERTO FORZA Montaggio / Editing CECILIA ZANUSO Scenografia / Set Decoration MARCO BELLUZZI Costumi / Costume Design MAURIZIO MILLENOTTI Musica / Music PIVIO DE SCALZI | Cast CLAUDIO BISIO, ANITA CAPRIOLI, GIUSEPPE BATTISTON, ANDREA BOSCA, GIORGIO COLANGELIGenere / Genre COMMEDIA – COMEDY Formato Originale / Original Format 35MM – COLOR Durata / Running Time 111’ Anno Di Produzione / Year Of Production 2008 Paese Di Produzione / Country Of Production ITALIA – ITALY Produzione / Production RIZZOLI FILM Distribuzione / Distribution WARNER BROS. PICTURES ITALIA |