Mary Forever (1989)
Released | 1989-05-04 | Drama-Crime | 102m | 7.462/10
Marco Risi (Director) | Gianni Ricci (First Assistant Director) | Mauro Marchetti (Director of Photography) | Umberto Castagna (Second Assistant Director) | Giovanni Giancono (Second Assistant Director) | Claudio Bonivento (Producer) | Bruno Bruni (Still Photographer) | Carla Merli (Assistant Editor) | Dino Piscini (Accountant) | Egle Guarino (Script Supervisor) | Luigi Urbani (Set Decoration) | Raul Ranieri (Makeup Artist) | Antonio Barba (Boom Operator) | Carlo Macrini (Production Secretary) | Dado Parisini (Conductor) | Massimo Spano (Production Design) | Mauro Coppola (Assistant Editor) | Roberto Luzzi (First Assistant Camera) | Sandro Spalla (Property Master) | Stefano Rulli (Dialogue) | Fabio Zamarion (Camera Operator) | Monica Ranieri (Hairstylist) | Alberto Passone (Line Producer) | Massimo Ferrero (Production Manager) | Massimo Martino (Unit Manager) | Alberico Novelli (Gaffer) | Aurelio Grimaldi (Story) | Claudio Di Mauro (Editor) | Daniele Quadroli (Sound Effects Editor) | Pietro Valsecchi (Production Consultant) | Romano Pampaloni (Sound Mixer) | Sandro Petraglia (Dialogue) | Alfredo Marchetti (Key Grip) | Carlo Balestrieri (Assistant Editor) | Giancarlo Bigazzi (Original Music Composer) | Italo Cameracanna (Foley Artist) | Tommaso Quattrini (Sound) | Francesca Schiavon (Assistant Costume Designer) | Giuseppina Minguzzi (Seamstress) | Fabio Massimo Sargenti (Second Assistant Camera) | Roberta Guidi Di Bagno (Costume Design) |
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 them colloquial poetry, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories. Natale, in for murder, enamoured of the Mafia, the King Rat within the group; Mery, a drag queen, arrested for assault when defending himself, in love with Mario and, in daylight, rejected by all; Pietro, illiterate, muscular, believing his destiny is set; the callow Claudio, vulnerable, learning to harden himself. What can Mario learn and do in such a short time?
Michele Placido (Marco Terzi) | Claudio Amendola (Pietro Giancona) | Francesco Benigno (Natale Sperandeo) | Alessandra Di Sanzo (Mario 'Mery' Libassi) | Tony Sperandeo (Turris) | Roberto Mariano (Antonio Patanè) | Maurizio Prollo (Claudio Catalano) | Filippo Genzardi (Matteo Mondello) | Alfredo Li Bassi (Carmelo Vella) | Salvatore Termini (Giovanni 'King Kong' Trapani) | Giovanni Alamia (Marra) | Gianluca Favilla (Direttore riformatorio) | Maria Cristina Mastrangeli (Professoressa molestata) | Calogero Buttà (Professore carcere) | Ludovico Caldarera (Professore carcere #2 (uncredited)) | Carlo Berretta (Salvatore 'Salvo' Sperandeo (uncredited)) | Carlo DeFilippi (Detenuto (uncredited)) | Enzo Marcelli (Detenuto (uncredited)) | Pippo Agusta (Padre di Mery (uncredited)) | Luigi Maria Burruano (Franco D'Annino) | Giuseppe Giarraffa () | Michela Cusano (Lia) | Matteo Mondello () | Ninni Picone (Impiegato provveditorato) | Aurora Quattrocchi (Madre di Mery) | Paolo Buzzurro (Poliziotto (uncredited)) |
