The Caretakers (first feature)

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The Caretakers (Le badanti)

original title:

Le badanti

directed by:

cast:

Pino Ammendola, Alessandro Bressanello, Daniela Foa, Michele Vigilante, Franco Bignotto, Cristina Chiaffoni, Marco Tizianel, Carla Camporese, Samantha Castillo, Nadiah M. Din, Anna Jimskaya, Giorgio Ariani, Priscilla Salerno, Fulvio Musico, Bruno Furini, Umberto Panarotto, Silvia Garbi, Minuta Gabura, Luigi Andreoli, Carolina Pollini, Franco Demaestri

screenplay:

Marco Pollini, Pino Ammendola, Giovanni Dentici, Peppino Crea

cinematography:

Blasco Giurato, Roberto Mettifogo

editing:

Paolo Formisano

set design:

Alessio Stefanato

costume design:

music:

Franco Bignotto, Vinicio Bianchini, Federico Poggipollini

producer:

production:

Ahora! Film, Sg Malaysia Sg Entertainment, in association with Dominic Amaloo, Almac Medicale, with the support of Nuovo Imaie, Regione Veneto

distribution:

country:

Italy/Malaysia

year:

2015

film run:

105'

format:

colour

release date:

11/06/2015

Three immigrants women, Lola Carmen and Irina, forced to flee from their lives made of violence, envies and abuses, responding to an ad to work as Caretakers in a nursing home for elderly. Due to a crook director the nursing home "Villa Bella" will end up in bankrupt. The Caretakers will have to invent something to save the house and the old people living there.
The elderly guests of the clinic, first in open contrast with the newcomers, will change their mind and became friends.