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
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
Alfredo Li Bassi
as Carmelo Vella
Salvatore Termini
as Giovanni 'King Kong' Trapani
Gianluca Favilla
as Rosaspina Prison Director
Maria Cristina Mastrangeli
as Rosaspina Prison Teacher
Calogero Buttà
as Rosaspina Prison Teacher
Luigi Maria Burruano
as Franco D'Annino
Aurora Quattrocchi
as Mery's Mother
Ludovico Caldarera
as Unemployed Teacher #2 (uncredited)
Carlo DeFilippi
as Inmate (uncredited)
Enzo Marcelli
as Inmate (uncredited)
Pippo Agusta
as Mery's Father (uncredited)
Tatu La Vecchia
as Policeman Arresting Pietro (uncredited)
Angelo Prollo
as Rosaspina Prison Warden (uncredited)
Crew
Marco Risi
Director
Claudio Bonivento
Producer
Fabio Zamarion
Camera Operator
Sandro Petraglia
Screenplay
Massimo Ferrero
Production Manager
Pietro Valsecchi
Production Consultant
Stefano Rulli
Screenplay
Claudio Di Mauro
Editor
Stefano Rulli
Dialogue
Sandro Petraglia
Dialogue
Aurelio Grimaldi
Story
Aurelio Grimaldi
Novel
Mauro Marchetti
Director of Photography