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We Can Do That

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We Can Do That (Si può fare)

We Can Do That (Si può fare)

We Can Do That (Si può fare)

original title:

Si può fare

directed by:

Giulio Manfredonia

cast:

Claudio Bisio, Anita Caprioli, Giuseppe Battiston, Giorgio Colangeli, Andrea Bosca, Giovanni Calcagno, Pietro Ragusa, Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini, Franco Ravera, Arianna Gabrielli, Andrea Gattinoni, Franco Pistoni, Maria Rosaria Russo

screenplay:

Fabio Bonifacci, Giulio Manfredonia

cinematography:

Roberto Forza

editing:

Cecilia Zanuso

set design:

Marco Belluzzi

costume design:

Maurizio Millenotti

music:

Pivio, Aldo De Scalzi

producer:

Angelo Rizzoli

production:

Rizzoli Film

distribution:

Warner Bros. Pictures [Italy]

world sales:

Intramovies [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2008

film run:

111'

format:

35mm - colour

release date:

31/10/2008

festivals & awards:

Nello, a Milanese businessman who has lost his job, finds himself managing a cooperative of former mental patients, relocated after the Italian state closed the country’s psychiatric hospitals under the Basaglia law. A strong believer in the dignity of work, Nello encourages every cooperative member to learn a trade in order to free themselves from their dependence on charity handouts, inventing a role for each of them that is amazingly adapted to their abilities. Though it will end up in conflict, with the inevitable human and tragic-comic contradictions in play.