A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories. Natale, in for murder, enamoured of the Mafia, the King Rat within the group; Mery, a drag queen, arrested for assault when defending himself, in love with Mario and, in daylight, rejected by all; Pietro, illiterate, muscular, believing his destiny is set; the callow Claudio, vulnerable, learning to harden himself. What can Mario learn and do in such a short time?
Michele Placido
Claudio Amendola
Francesco Benigno
Alessandra Di Sanzo
Tony Sperandeo
Roberto Mariano
Maurizio Prollo
Filippo Genzardi
Giovanni Alamia
Alfredo Li Bassi
Salvatore Termini
Gianluca Favilla
Giuseppe Giarraffa
Michela Cusano
Matteo Mondello
Maria Cristina Mastrangeli
Calogero Buttà
Luigi Maria Burruano
Ninni Picone
Aurora Quattrocchi
Ludovico Caldarera
Carlo Berretta
Carlo DeFilippi
Enzo Marcelli
Pippo Agusta
Paolo Buzzurro