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.

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Cast

Michele Placido

Marco Terzi

Claudio Amendola

Pietro Giancona

Francesco Benigno

Natale Sperandeo

Alessandra Di Sanzo

Mario 'Mery' Libassi

Tony Sperandeo

Turris

Roberto Mariano

Antonio Patanè

Maurizio Prollo

Claudio Catalano

Filippo Genzardi

Matteo Mondello

Giovanni Alamia

Marra

Alfredo Li Bassi

Carmelo Vella

Michele Placido — Marco Terzi

Michele Placido was born on May 19, 1946 in Ascoli Satriano, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor, director and screenwriter, known for La piovra (1984), Romanzo Criminale (2005) and Un eroe borghese (1995).

Claudio Amendola — Pietro Giancona

Claudio Amendola (born 16 February 1963) is an Italian actor, director and television presenter. He starred in the 1993 film The Escort, which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

Francesco Benigno — Natale Sperandeo

Francesco Benigno (Palermo, 4 ottobre 1967) è un attore italiano.