Mary Forever
7.4(243) 1989-05-04 102 minCrimeDrama
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.
DirectorMarco Risi
ProducerClaudio Bonivento
Original Music ComposerGiancarlo Bigazzi
ScreenplaySandro Petraglia
ScreenplayStefano Rulli
Cast & characters
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
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Giuseppe Giarraffa
as Carmelo's Brother
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Michela Cusano
as Lia
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Matteo Mondello
as —
Maria Cristina Mastrangeli
as Rosaspina Prison Teacher
Calogero Buttà
as Rosaspina Prison Teacher
Luigi Maria Burruano
as Franco D'Annino
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Ninni Picone
as Announcer
Aurora Quattrocchi
as Mery's Mother
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Ludovico Caldarera
as Unemployed Teacher #2 (uncredited)
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Carlo Berretta
as Salvatore 'Salvo' Sperandeo (uncredited)
Carlo DeFilippi
as Inmate (uncredited)
Enzo Marcelli
as Inmate (uncredited)
