La Pazza gioia (2016)
Directed by Paolo Virzì

Comedy / Drama
aka: Like Crazy

Film Synopsis

Not long after her arrival at the Villa Biondi, an Italian psychiatric institution catering for women with mental problems, Beatrice strikes up a close friendship with Donatella.  The former is a compulsive liar who just cannot stop talking, the latter is an introverted, fragile creature adorned with tattoos.  When an occasion to escape from the institution presents itself, the two women grasp it with both hands.  Back in the wide open world, they now have a chance to cure themselves and make sense of their lives - therapy they would not have received had they remained incarcerated in the Villa Biondi...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Paolo Virzì
  • Script: Paolo Virzì (story), Francesca Archibugi
  • Photo: Vladan Radovic
  • Music: Carlo Virzì
  • Cast: Micaela Ramazzotti (Donatella Morelli), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Beatrice Morandini Valdirana), Valentina Carnelutti (Fiamma Zappa), Marco Messeri (Floriano Morelli), Bob Messini (Pierluigi Aitiani), Roberto Rondelli (Renato Corsi), Anna Galiena (Luciana Brogi Morelli), Tommaso Ragno (Giorgio Lorenzini), Sergio Albelli (Torregiani), Marisa Borini (Signora Morandini Valdirana), Giorgio Algranti (Direttore del Grand Hotel), Emanuele Barresi (Tassista), Maria Grazia Bon (Suor Pia)
  • Country: Italy / France
  • Language: Italian
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 118 min
  • Aka: Like Crazy

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