Forever Mary
Mery per sempre
1989, Film, 102 min, Crime, Drama, Italian, Italy, MoviePedia score 69
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.
Directed by Marco Risi
Cast
- 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 Warden Turris
- Roberto Mariano as Antonio Patanè
- Maurizio Prollo as Claudio Catalano
- Filippo Genzardi as Matteo Mondello
- Giovanni Alamia as Warden Marra
- Alfredo Li Bassi as Carmelo Vella
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