Chiedo Asilo

1h 43m 1996

Brief Synopsis

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Roberto has a new job as the teacher at a nursery school. The first child he meets is Gianluigi, who's mute. Roberto is spirited, bringing a TV into class, then a donkey. He takes children on an unscheduled field trip to their fathers' plant. He dates Isabella, the mother of one of his students, and soon she's pregnant. He's moody about it, so Isabella leaves for her family's abandoned movie theater in Sardinia, but not before Roberto is briefly arrested and questioned about past radical activity. He takes ten children, including Gianluigi, to Sardinia for the baby's birth, and there, surrounded by the sea, the mother of us all, he and Gianluigi play out their surprising bond.

Cast & Crew

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Marco Ferreri

Director

Roberto Benigni

Roberto

Dominique Laffin

Isabella

Mauro Bonanni

Editor

Gerard Brach

Screenwriter

Enrico Manelli

Art Direction

Film Details

Also Known As
My Asylum
Release Date
1996
Distribution Company
Gaumont

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 43m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)

Synopsis

An unorthodox school teacher takes over a fortress-like pre-school on the outskirts of Bologna--accompanying his frisky charges on unauthorized field trips and breaking through to a mute two-year-old.

Director

Marco Ferreri

Director

Cast

Roberto Benigni

Roberto

Dominique Laffin

Isabella

Crew

Mauro Bonanni

Editor

Gerard Brach

Screenwriter

Enrico Manelli

Art Direction

Pasquale Rachini

Camera

Philippe Sarde

Music

Film Details

Also Known As
My Asylum
Release Date
1996
Distribution Company
Gaumont

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 43m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States November 1996

Released in United States 1996 (Shown in Los Angeles (Laemmle's Sunset 5) as part of program "The Unordinary Madness of Marco Ferreri" November 15 - December 1, 1996.)

Re-released in United States May 1999 (Los Angeles)

Released in United States November 1996 (Shown in New York City (Film Forum) as part of prgram "The Unordinary Madness of Marco Ferreri" November 8-21, 1996)

Re-released in United States May 1999

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