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We Can Do That (2008)

We Can Do That (2008)

Drama Comedy

From a close range nobody is normal

Release Date: 2008, October 31
Directors: Giulio Manfredonia
Countries: Italy
Production: Rizzoli Film
Cast: Giorgio Colangeli, Pietro Ragusa, Daniela Piperno, Franco Pistoni, Giovanni Calcagno, Giuseppe Battiston, Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Rosa Pianeta, Manfredi Saavedra, Franco Ravera, Bebo Storti, Claudio Bisio

Overview:

The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and little hope of reintegrating into society. With the intention of actually improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them although, regardless of intention, there is sometimes a price to pushing boundaries too quickly.