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:
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli, Leonardo Benvenuti.
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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 | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Writing | Piero De Bernardi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Monicelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leonardo Benvenuti | Screenplay |
| Production | Giovanni Di Clemente | Producer |
| Camera | Tonino Delli Colli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Writing | Giuseppe Pontiggia | Novel |
| Art | Franco Velchi | Production Design |
| Sound | Alfredo Lacosegliaz | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Lucia Nolano | Production Manager |
| Production | Franco Mancarella | Production Manager |
| Production | Daniele Bellucci | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Paolo La Torraca | Production Secretary |
| Production | Maria Sole Zucchi | Production Secretary |
| Production | Maria Gabriella Gambaro | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Alberto Mangiante | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Anna Antonelli | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Federico Bernasconi | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Maria Raffaella Russo | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Roberto Brega | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ciliberto | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giuseppe Moscardo | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Maurizio D'Atri | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli | Sound |
| Sound | Ruggero Manzoni | Boom Operator |
| Production | Claudio Sabatilli | Administration |
| Art | Danilo Botto | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Giorgia Morra | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gino Zamprioli | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simone Marazzi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giacinto Bretti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Vittoria Cascioli | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luca Zamprioli | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luigi Bonanno | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paola Mariarita Giorgi | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Emilio Lari | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Francesco Bellomo | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Cecilia Catalucci | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ugo Morelli | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Danilo Sterbini | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatrice Bordone | Costume Design |