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Mary Forever

DramaCrime

Duration

1h 42m

Release

4 May 1989

Country

Italy

Language

Italian

Overview

Marco, a teacher from Milan, relocates to Palermo and takes a temporary job teaching in a juvenile detention centre while he waits for a high school teaching position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories: Natale, in for murder and enamored with the Mafia; Pietro, who can't seem to stay out of jail; Claudio, barely 14 and learning to stand up for himself; and Mery, a trans sex worker, who was arrested after a fight with a trick who didn't want to pay her, and is now stuck in a male prison.

Plot

A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading the...

Cast

Michele PlacidoClaudio AmendolaFrancesco Benigno

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Details

Director

Marco Risi

Writers

Aurelio GrimaldiStefano RulliSandro Petraglia

Awards

7 wins & 11 nominations
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