Looking for Paradise (1995)
The life and times of Claudia Bertelli, born in Milan in 1949 from bourgeois parents, educated in England, rebel and single mother, then feminist and married woman and again doctor in the developing countries and mystical nun who dies peacefully in 2011.
Director:
Mario Monicelli
Writers:
Mario Monicelli, Piero De Bernardi, Leonardo Benvenuti, Suso Cecchi d'Amico.
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Margherita Buy as Claudia Bertelli |
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Lello Arena as Calabrone |
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Aurore Clément as Madre di Claudia |
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Philippe Noiret as Padre di Claudia |
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Dario Cassini as Lucio |
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Gianfelice Imparato as Bellocchio |
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Gea Martire as Avvocato |
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Moni Ovadia as Adamo |
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Mattia Sbragia as Investigatore |
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Renato Fornasari as Calonghi |
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Tiganà Camara as Figlio di Claudia |
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Ubaldo Carosi as Briglia |
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Giovanna Coletti as Vincenza |
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Gabriella Franchini as Maddalena |
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Victor Kanu as Figlio di Claudia |
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Elisa Lepore as Shalimar |
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Barbara Marciano as Anita |
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Maurizio Messana as |
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Orietta Notari as |
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Sabrina Parravicini as Eleonora |
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Marco Pironti as |
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Marilù Prati as Teresa |
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Micha Michelle Sennfors as |
| Directing | Mario Monicelli | Director |
| Art | Ennio Michettoni | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Mario Monicelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Piero De Bernardi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leonardo Benvenuti | Screenplay |
| Camera | Tonino Delli Colli | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Production | Giovanni Di Clemente | Producer |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Art | Franco Velchi | Production Design |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ciliberto | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luca Zamprioli | Hairstylist |
| Production | Franco Mancarella | Production Manager |
| Camera | Maurizio D'Atri | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gino Zamprioli | Makeup Department Head |
| Camera | Giuseppe Moscardo | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Giorgia Morra | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Francesco Bellomo | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simone Marazzi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giacinto Bretti | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Emilio Lari | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Alfredo Lacosegliaz | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Cecilia Catalucci | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Maria Gabriella Gambaro | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Alberto Mangiante | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Anna Antonelli | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Giuseppe Pontiggia | Novel |
| Directing | Federico Bernasconi | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Lucia Nolano | Production Manager |
| Production | Maria Sole Zucchi | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Ruggero Manzoni | Boom Operator |
| Production | Daniele Bellucci | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Danilo Botto | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Vittoria Cascioli | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paola Mariarita Giorgi | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Paolo La Torraca | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli | Sound |
| Production | Claudio Sabatilli | Administration |
| Directing | Maria Raffaella Russo | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luigi Bonanno | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Roberto Brega | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Danilo Sterbini | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Ugo Morelli | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatrice Bordone | Costume Design |