The Black Sheep (2011)

  • NR
  • 04/20/2011 (FR)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 33m

Overview

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.

Ugo Chiti

Story, Screenplay

Wilma Labate

Story, Screenplay

Ascanio Celestini

Novel, Screenplay, Director, Story

Cast

Ascanio Celestini's headshot

Ascanio Celestini

Ascanio
Giorgio Tirabassi's headshot

Giorgio Tirabassi

Nicola
Maya Sansa's headshot

Maya Sansa

Marinella
Luisa De Santis's headshot

Luisa De Santis

Teresa Saponangelo's headshot

Teresa Saponangelo

Barbara Valmorin's headshot

Barbara Valmorin

Nicola Rignanese's headshot

Nicola Rignanese

Luigi Fedele's headshot

Luigi Fedele

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