Once Upon a Time the City of Fools

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Once Upon a Time the City of Fools

2010

3h 20m

8.1(22 votes)

Drama

Overview

A biopic of Franco Basaglia, the Italian psychiatrist.

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15 members

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Fabrizio Gifuni

Franco Basaglia

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Vittoria Puccini

Margherita

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Branko Đurić

Boris

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Michela Cescon

Infermiera Nives

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Thomas Trabacchi

Lampo

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Sandra Toffolatti

Franca Ongaro

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Tiziana Bagatella

Elsa

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Valeria Sabel

Biachina

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Giorgio Gobbi

Eraldo

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Stefano Scandaletti

Guido Sarti

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Maurizio Fanin

Furlan

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Vitaliano Trevisan

Nanut

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Giuseppe Bevilacqua

Pinto

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Federico Bonaconza

Cicca Cicca

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Leonardo Maddalena

Bruno Guerra

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