We Can Do That

Si può fare

2008 · 111 min · ★ 7.2 / 10 · 220 votes

Comedy · Drama

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.

Cast

Claudio Bisio · Anita Caprioli · Andrea Bosca · Giovanni Calcagno · Michele De Virgilio · Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini · Andrea Gattinoni · Natascia Macchniz · Rosa Pianeta · Daniela Piperno

Director

Giulio Manfredonia