Mary Forever

Mery per sempre

1989 · 102 min · ★ 7.4 / 10 · 246 votes

Crime · Drama

Marco, a teacher from Milan, relocates to Palermo and takes a temporary job teaching in a juvenile detention centre while he waits for a high school teaching position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories: Natale, in for murder and enamored with the Mafia; Pietro, who can't seem to stay out of jail; Claudio, barely 14 and learning to stand up for himself; and Mery, a trans sex worker, who was arrested after a fight with a trick who didn't want to pay her, and is now stuck in a male prison.

Cast

Michele Placido · Claudio Amendola · Francesco Benigno · Alessandra Di Sanzo · Tony Sperandeo · Roberto Mariano · Maurizio Prollo · Filippo Genzardi · Giovanni Alamia · Alfredo Li Bassi

Director

Marco Risi