Mary Forever
Mery per sempre
Release: 1989-05-04
·Runtime: 102m
·★ 7.4
Crime
Drama
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?
Production Countries
Italy
Production Companies
Numero Uno International
Cast
Angelo Prollo
as Rosaspina Prison Warden (uncredited)
Tatu La Vecchia
as Policeman Arresting Pietro (uncredited)
Michele Placido
as Marco Terzi
Alfredo Li Bassi
as Carmelo Vella
Enzo Marcelli
as Inmate (uncredited)
Claudio Amendola
as Pietro Giancona
Tony Sperandeo
as Turris
Gianluca Favilla
as Rosaspina Prison Director
Filippo Genzardi
as Matteo Mondello
Luigi Maria Burruano
as Franco D'Annino
Francesco Benigno
as Natale Sperandeo
Alessandra Di Sanzo
as Mario 'Mery' Libassi
Maurizio Prollo
as Claudio Catalano
Ludovico Caldarera
as Unemployed Teacher #2 (uncredited)
Carlo DeFilippi
as Inmate (uncredited)
Pippo Agusta
as Mery's Father (uncredited)
Roberto Mariano
as Antonio Patanè
Salvatore Termini
as Giovanni 'King Kong' Trapani
Calogero Buttà
as Rosaspina Prison Teacher
Aurora Quattrocchi
as Mery's Mother
Maria Cristina Mastrangeli
as Rosaspina Prison Teacher
Crew
Massimo Ferrero
Production Manager
Aurelio Grimaldi
Story, Novel
Sandro Petraglia
Screenplay, Dialogue
Claudio Bonivento
Producer
Claudio Di Mauro
Editor
Fabio Zamarion
Camera Operator
Pietro Valsecchi
Production Consultant
Stefano Rulli
Screenplay, Dialogue
Mauro Marchetti
Director of Photography
Marco Risi
Director