FILM & VIDEO

This unusual Italian-language serio-comedy from director Giulio Manfredonia walks a fine-line, suspended midway between genial farce and sensitive, compassionate drama. It tells of Nello (Claudio Bisio), a businessman from Milan who gets unexpectedly booted out of his job and ends up managing a collective of ex-mental patients; the individuals in question have suffered from the notorious Basaglia Law, and thus found themselves expelled from area psychiatric hospitals. Sensing a need for renewed purpose in these individuals, Nello defines a new occupational role for each of them, molded and shaped to each individual's abilities – with both humorous and surprisingly touching results.

3 wins: David of the Youth (Giulio Manfredonia): David Donatello; Best Original Story: Nastri d’Argento della SNGCI; Best Producer: Globi d’Oro

11 nominations: Nominated Best Film, Best Actor (Claudio Bisio), Best Director (Giulio Manfredonia), Best Editing, Best Music, Best Producer, Best Screenplay, Best Sound: David Donatello; Best Producer, Best Music, Best Costume Design: Nastri d’Argento della SNGCI


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