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We Can Do That (2008)
Directed by Giulio Manfredonia
Overview
The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and little hope of reintegrating into society. With the intention of actually improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them although, regardless of intention, there is sometimes a price to pushing boundaries too quickly.
Length 111 minutes
Actors
Claudio Bisio | Anita Caprioli | Andrea Bosca | Giovanni Calcagno | Michele De Virgilio | Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini | Andrea Gattinoni | Natascia Macchniz | Rosa Pianeta | Daniela Piperno | Franco Pistoni | Pietro Ragusa | Franco Ravera | Maria Rosaria Russo | Bebo Storti | Ariella Reggio | Giulia Steigerwalt | Tony D'Agostino | Daniele Ferretti | Giuseppe Battiston | Giorgio Colangeli | Enzo Marino Bellanich | Marco Caldoro | Cesare Capitani | Monica Faggiani | Paolo Fosso | Arianna Gabrielli | Romano Ghini | Pietro Paletti | Vincenzo Piscopo | Errico Russo | Manfredi Saavedra | Raffaele Zabban | Gianluca Valente