Mary Forever (1989)
Mery per sempre
102 min
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.
- Release date
- May 4, 1989
- Country of origin
- Italy
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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
- Alfredo Li Bassi as Carmelo Vella
- Gianluca Favilla as Rosaspina Prison Director
- Maria Cristina Mastrangeli as Rosaspina Prison Teacher
- Calogero Buttà as Rosaspina Prison Teacher
- Aurora Quattrocchi as Mery's Mother
- Ludovico Caldarera as Unemployed Teacher #2 (uncredited)
- Carlo De Filippi as Inmate (uncredited)
- Enzo Marcelli as Inmate (uncredited)
- Pippo Agusta as Mery's Father (uncredited)
- Filippo Genzardi as Matteo Mondello
- Giovanni Alamia as Warden Marra
Crew
- Marco Risi · Director
- Aurelio Grimaldi · Writer
- Stefano Rulli · Writer
- Sandro Petraglia · Writer
- Claudio Bonivento · Producer
- Giancarlo Bigazzi · Composer
- Mauro Marchetti · Cinematographer
- Claudio Di Mauro · Editor
- Massimo Spano · Production designer