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Directed by Marco Turco Original language(s) Italian Initial release 7 February 2010 (Italy) First episode date 7 February 2010 Network Rai 1 | 3.6/5 MyMovies Country of origin Italy Producer(s) Claudia Mori Director Marco Turco Final episode date 8 February 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Alessandro Sermoneta
Katja Colja
Marco Turco Starring Fabrizio Gifuni
Sandra Toffolatti
Vittoria Puccini Cast Vittoria Puccini, Fabrizio Gifuni, Michela Cescon, Branko Đurić, Thomas Trabacchi Similar L'Oriana, Tutta la verità, All the Love There Is, Kiss Me Again, The Perfect Life | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C'era una volta la città dei matti... (English: There was once the city of the mad...) is Italian television film of two episodes.
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The film was shot in 2009. Its screenplay was written by Marco Turco, who also directed it. Rai Fiction and Ciao Ragazzi! produced the film under the direction of Claudia Mori. The film was shown at Bari International Film & TV Festival on 25 January 2010 in Teatro Petruzzelli as well as on 7 and 8 February 2010 at TV channel Rai Uno.
The film includes two episodes. The first episode of the film was watched by 5.442 million viewers, the second one was watched by 5.9 million viewers.
Plot
The film treats of the activities of Franco Basaglia who revolutionized Italian psychiatry and shows the degrading situation that existed in Italian psychiatric hospitals before the passing of Basaglia Law.
Awards
The film has received Golden Nymphs Award as the best film and for the best man role in the film at Festival de Television in Montecarlo and Silver Magnolia Award for Best Television Film at the 16th Shanghai Television Festival.
