The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and little hope of reintegrating into society. With the intention of actually improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them although, regardless of intention, there is sometimes a price to pushing boundaries too quickly.
Claudio Bisio
Anita Caprioli
Andrea Bosca
Giovanni Calcagno
Michele De Virgilio
Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini
Andrea Gattinoni
Natascia Macchniz
Rosa Pianeta
Daniela Piperno
Franco Pistoni
Pietro Ragusa
Franco Ravera
Maria Rosaria Russo
Bebo Storti
Ariella Reggio
Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
Tony D'Agostino
Daniele Ferretti
Giuseppe Battiston
Giorgio Colangeli
Enzo Marino Bellanich
Marco Caldoro
Cesare Capitani
Monica Faggiani
Paolo Fosso
Arianna Gabrielli
Romano Ghini
Pietro Paletti
Vincenzo Piscopo
Errico Russo
Manfredi Saavedra
Raffaele Zabban
Gianluca Valente