Giovanna's Father
2008 Italian film
- August 31, 2008 (2008-08-31) (Venice Film Festival)
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Giovanna's Father (Italian: Il papà di Giovanna) is a 2008 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati.
Plot
In Bologna in the late 1930s, Michele Casali (Silvio Orlando) teaches design at the same institute where his daughter Giovanna (Alba Rohrwacher) studies. Michele is a loving father, but overprotective. He does not recognize the mental health problems of his daughter and cannot save her when she is committed to a mental institution after killing her best friend.
Cast
- Silvio Orlando: Michele Casali
- Francesca Neri: Delia Casali
- Alba Rohrwacher: Giovanna Casali
- Ezio Greggio: Sergio Ghia
- Serena Grandi: Lella Ghia
- Manuela Morabito: Elide Traxler
- Gianfranco Jannuzzo: Preside Apolloni
- Paolo Graziosi: Andrea Taxler
- Valeria Bilello: Marcella Taxler
External links
- Giovanna's Father at IMDb
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Films directed by Pupi Avati
- Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana
- La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone
- House of Pleasure for Women
- The House with Laughing Windows
- Tutti defunti... tranne i morti
- Le strelle nel fosso
- Help Me Dream
- Zeder
- A School Outing
- The Three of Us
- Bank Clerks
- Graduation Party
- Christmas Present
- Ultimo minuto
- The Story of Boys & Girls
- Bix
- Brothers and Sisters
- Magnificat
- Dichiarazioni d'amore
- L'arcano incantatore
- The Best Man
- The Knights of the Quest
- Incantato
- Christmas Rematch
- But When Do the Girls Get Here?
- The Second Wedding Night
- A Dinner for Them to Meet
- The Hideout
- Giovanna's Father
- The Friends at the Margherita Cafe
- The Youngest Son
- A Second Childhood
- The Big Heart of Girls
- Il bambino cattivo
- A Golden Boy
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