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Once upon a time the city of fools Contemporary Drama

Code: 020466

When psychiatrist Franco Basaglia, an outcast in the academic world on account of his radical theories, is appointed director of an insane asylum in northern Italy, he refuses to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, letting his underlings do the dirty work of keeping the patients under control with straightjackets, electroshock and other methods better suited to a concentration camp while he continues his studies. Instead he works to free his patients, fighting the entrenched bureaucracy and beliefs of the time in an attempt to give the mentally ill a life worth living.

Once upon a time the city of fools

DIRECTOR: Marco Turco
CAST: Fabrizio Ginulfi and Vittoria Puccini
PRODUCTION: RAI Fiction and Ciao Ragazzi
LENGHT: 2 x 100'
VERSION: Italian with english subtitles
YEAR: 2010
SUPPORT: Digital Beta

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