About
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.
Theatrical
Apr 19, 1991
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Numero Uno International
Original Title
Mery per sempre
Original Language
Italian
Cast
Full credits →M
Michele Placido
Marco Terzi
C
Claudio Amendola
Pietro Giancona
F
Francesco Benigno
Natale Sperandeo
A
Alessandra Di Sanzo
Mario 'Mery' Libassi
T
Tony Sperandeo
Turris
M
Maurizio Prollo
Claudio Catalano
F
Filippo Genzardi
Matteo Mondello
G
Giovanni Alamia
Marra
A
Alfredo Li Bassi
Carmelo Vella
S
Salvatore Termini
Giovanni 'King Kong' Trapani
G
Gianluca Favilla
Rosaspina Prison Director
M
Maria Cristina Mastrangeli
Rosaspina Prison Teacher
C
Calogero Buttà
Rosaspina Prison Teacher
L
Luigi Maria Burruano
Franco D'Annino
N
Ninni Picone
Announcer
A
Aurora Quattrocchi
Mery's Mother
L
Ludovico Caldarera
Unemployed Teacher #2 (uncredited)
C
Carlo Berretta
Salvatore 'Salvo' Sperandeo (uncredited)
E
Enzo Marcelli
Inmate (uncredited)
P
Pippo Agusta
Mery's Father (uncredited)
