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.
- Released
- 1989-05-04
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Marco Risi, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 from 246 votes
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 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