Facciamo paradiso (1995) Directed by Mario Monicelli
Drama
aka: Looking for Paradise
Film Synopsis
Claudia Bertelli was born in 1949 in Milan, in a comfortable bourgeois
family. She was educated in England and, in her youth, was
something of a rebel. A single mother, she became a feminist and
later worked as a doctor in developing countries. Inexplicably,
she chose to become a nun. This is her story...
Script: Leonardo Benvenuti, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli,
Giuseppe Pontiggia (story)
Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli
Cast: Lello Arena (Calabrone),
Margherita Buy (Claudia Bertelli),
Tigana Camara (Son of Claudia as a child),
Ubaldo Carosi (Briglia),
Dario Cassini (Lucio),
Aurore Clément (Mrs. Bertelli),
Giovanna Coletti (Vincenza),
Renato Fornasari (Calonghi),
Gabriella Franchini (Maddalena),
Gianfelice Imparato (Bellocchio),
Victor Kanu (Son of Claudia as an adult),
Elisa Lepore (Shalimar),
Barbara Marciano (Anita),
Gea Martire (Lawyer),
Micha Michel Sennfors (Emily),
Philippe Noiret (Bertelli),
Moni Ovadia (Adamo),
Sabrina Paravicini (Eleonora),
Marilù Prati (Teresa),
Mattia Sbragia (Detective)
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Support: Color
Runtime: 104 min
Aka:Looking for Paradise
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