Mary Forever
(1989)
★ 7.4 IMDb · 243 votes
Year: 1989
Runtime: 102 мин
Country: Italy
Director: Marco Risi
Cast: Michele Placido, Claudio Amendola, Francesco Benigno, Alessandra Di Sanzo, Tony Sperandeo, Roberto Mariano, Maurizio Prollo, Filippo Genzardi, Giovanni Alamia, Alfredo Li Bassi
Plot
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.