Mary Forever (1989)
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.
Director:
Marco Risi
Writers:
Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli.
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Michele Placido as Marco Terzi |
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Claudio Amendola as Pietro Giancona |
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Francesco Benigno as Natale Sperandeo |
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Alessandra Di Sanzo as Mario 'Mery' Libassi |
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Tony Sperandeo as Turris |
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Roberto Mariano as Antonio Patanè |
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Maurizio Prollo as Claudio Catalano |
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Filippo Genzardi as Matteo Mondello |
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Giovanni Alamia as Marra |
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Alfredo Li Bassi as Carmelo Vella |
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Salvatore Termini as Giovanni 'King Kong' Trapani |
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Gianluca Favilla as Rosaspina Prison Director |
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Giuseppe Giarraffa as Carmelo's Brother |
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Michela Cusano as Lia |
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Matteo Mondello as |
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Maria Cristina Mastrangeli as Rosaspina Prison Teacher |
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Calogero Buttà as Rosaspina Prison Teacher |
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Luigi Maria Burruano as Franco D'Annino |
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Ninni Picone as Announcer |
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Aurora Quattrocchi as Mery's Mother |
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Ludovico Caldarera as Unemployed Teacher #2 (uncredited) |
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Carlo Berretta as Salvatore 'Salvo' Sperandeo (uncredited) |
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Carlo DeFilippi as Inmate (uncredited) |
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Enzo Marcelli as Inmate (uncredited) |
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Pippo Agusta as Mery's Father (uncredited) |
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Paolo Buzzurro as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Tatu La Vecchia as Policeman Arresting Pietro (uncredited) |
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Angelo Prollo as Rosaspina Prison Warden (uncredited) |
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Giovanni Corrao as Police Detective (uncredited) |
| Directing | Marco Risi | Director |
| Production | Claudio Bonivento | Producer |
| Sound | Giancarlo Bigazzi | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raul Ranieri | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roberta Guidi Di Bagno | Costume Design |
| Production | Pietro Valsecchi | Production Consultant |
| Production | Dino Piscini | Accountant |
| Sound | Dado Parisini | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Monica Ranieri | Hairstylist |
| Art | Sandro Spalla | Property Master |
| Camera | Alfredo Marchetti | Key Grip |
| Writing | Sandro Petraglia | Screenplay |
| Camera | Fabio Massimo Sargenti | Second Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Stefano Rulli | Screenplay |
| Directing | Gianni Ricci | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Massimo Martino | Unit Manager |
| Art | Massimo Spano | Production Design |
| Lighting | Alberico Novelli | Gaffer |
| Production | Carlo Macrini | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Giovanni Giancono | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Alberto Passone | Line Producer |
| Production | Massimo Ferrero | Production Manager |
| Editing | Claudio Di Mauro | Editor |
| Sound | Antonio Barba | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Bruno Bruni | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Schiavon | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Fabio Zamarion | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Roberto Luzzi | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Egle Guarino | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppina Minguzzi | Seamstress |
| Sound | Tommaso Quattrini | Sound |
| Directing | Umberto Castagna | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Luigi Urbani | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Mauro Coppola | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Italo Cameracanna | Foley Artist |
| Editing | Carla Merli | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Carlo Balestrieri | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Daniele Quadroli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Romano Pampaloni | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Sandro Petraglia | Dialogue |
| Writing | Stefano Rulli | Dialogue |
| Writing | Aurelio Grimaldi | Story |
| Writing | Aurelio Grimaldi | Novel |
| Camera | Mauro Marchetti | Director of Photography |
