A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 1, 2010
Original Title:
La pecora nera
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Ratings / Certifications:
IT: T
Runtime: 93
Nicola is a man who has spent much of his life in a mental institution, though not always as a patient. Nicola's mother suffered from mental illness, and when young Nicola grew old enough to understand some of her stranger behavior as well as the family's other dark secrets, a few of the adults around him preferred to suggest he was disturbed like his mother, and he was encouraged to visit an asylum not far from his home. As an adult, Nicola has spent enough time around people who have a tenuous connection with reality that he has a superficial resemblance to them, and has developed a strange set of imaginary friends to go along with his eccentric real-life companions and the woman he loves from afar, Marinella.
Costume Design:
Grazia Colombini
Director:
Ascanio Celestini
Director of Photography:
Daniele Ciprì
Editor:
Giogiò Franchini
First Assistant Director:
Valia Santella
Line Producer:
Antonella Viscardi
Music:
Ascanio Celestini
Novel:
Ascanio Celestini
Producer:
Carlo Macchitella
Giorgio Magliulo
Alessandra Acciai
Production Design:
Tommaso Bordone
Screenplay:
Ascanio Celestini
Ugo Chiti
Wilma Labate
Set Decoration:
Stefania Maggio
Sound:
Maurizio Argentieri
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