The Black Sheep (2010)
Nicola is a man who has spent much of his life in a mental institution, though not always as a patient. Nicola's mother suffered from mental illness, and when young Nicola grew old enough to understand some of her stranger behavior as well as the family's other dark secrets, a few of the adults around him preferred to suggest he was disturbed like his mother, and he was encouraged to visit an asylum not far from his home. As an adult, Nicola has spent enough time around people who have a tenuous connection with reality that he has a superficial resemblance to them, and has developed a strange set of imaginary friends to go along with his eccentric real-life companions and the woman he loves from afar, Marinella.
Director:
Ascanio Celestini
Writers:
Ascanio Celestini, Ugo Chiti, Wilma Labate.
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Ascanio Celestini as Ascanio |
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Giorgio Tirabassi as Nicola |
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Maya Sansa as Marinella |
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Luisa De Santis as Suora |
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Teresa Saponangelo as |
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Barbara Valmorin as Nonna |
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Nicola Rignanese as Papà |
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Luigi Fedele as |
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Maurilio Leto as |
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Maurilio Scaduto as |
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Alessandro Marverti as |
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Roberto Latini as |
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Roberta Sferzi as |
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Peppe Servillo as |
| Directing | Valia Santella | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Ugo Chiti | Story |
| Writing | Wilma Labate | Story |
| Writing | Ascanio Celestini | Novel |
| Production | Alessandra Acciai | Producer |
| Production | Carlo Macchitella | Producer |
| Production | Giorgio Magliulo | Producer |
| Production | Antonella Viscardi | Line Producer |
| Sound | Maurizio Argentieri | Sound |
| Art | Tommaso Bordone | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Grazia Colombini | Costume Design |
| Editing | Giogiò Franchini | Editor |
| Art | Stefania Maggio | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Ascanio Celestini | Screenplay |
| Directing | Ascanio Celestini | Director |
| Sound | Ascanio Celestini | Music |
| Camera | Daniele Ciprì | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ascanio Celestini | Story |
| Writing | Ugo Chiti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Wilma Labate | Screenplay |