

04/05/1989
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories. Natale, in for murder, enamoured of the Mafia, the King Rat within the group; Mery, a drag queen, arrested for assault when defending himself, in love with Mario and, in daylight, rejected by all; Pietro, illiterate, muscular, believing his destiny is set; the callow Claudio, vulnerable, learning to harden himself. What can Mario learn and do in such a short time?

Michele Placido
as Marco Terzi

Claudio Amendola
as Pietro Giancona

Francesco Benigno
as Natale Sperandeo

Alessandra Di Sanzo
as Mario 'Mery' Libassi

Tony Sperandeo
as Turris

Roberto Mariano
as Antonio Patanè

Maurizio Prollo
as Claudio Catalano

Filippo Genzardi
as Matteo Mondello

Giovanni Alamia
as Marra

Alfredo Li Bassi
as Carmelo Vella

Salvatore Termini
as Giovanni 'King Kong' Trapani

Gianluca Favilla
as Rosaspina Prison Director

Giuseppe Giarraffa
as Carmelo's Brother

Michela Cusano
as Lia

Matteo Mondello
as

Maria Cristina Mastrangeli
as Rosaspina Prison Teacher

Calogero Buttà
as Rosaspina Prison Teacher

Luigi Maria Burruano
as Franco D'Annino

Ninni Picone
as Announcer

Aurora Quattrocchi
as Mery's Mother

Ludovico Caldarera
as Unemployed Teacher #2 (uncredited)

Carlo Berretta
as Salvatore 'Salvo' Sperandeo (uncredited)

Carlo DeFilippi
as Inmate (uncredited)

Enzo Marcelli
as Inmate (uncredited)

Pippo Agusta
as Mery's Father (uncredited)

Paolo Buzzurro
as Policeman (uncredited)

Tatu La Vecchia
as Policeman Arresting Pietro (uncredited)

Angelo Prollo
as Rosaspina Prison Warden (uncredited)

Giovanni Corrao
as Police Detective (uncredited)
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