Facciamo paradiso (1995)
Directed by Mario Monicelli

Drama
aka: Looking for Paradise

Film Synopsis

Claudia Bertelli was born in 1949 in Milan, in a comfortable bourgeois family.  She was educated in England and, in her youth, was something of a rebel.  A single mother, she became a feminist and later worked as a doctor in developing countries.  Inexplicably, she chose to become a nun.  This is her story...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Mario Monicelli
  • Script: Leonardo Benvenuti, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli, Giuseppe Pontiggia (story)
  • Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli
  • Cast: Lello Arena (Calabrone), Margherita Buy (Claudia Bertelli), Tigana Camara (Son of Claudia as a child), Ubaldo Carosi (Briglia), Dario Cassini (Lucio), Aurore Clément (Mrs. Bertelli), Giovanna Coletti (Vincenza), Renato Fornasari (Calonghi), Gabriella Franchini (Maddalena), Gianfelice Imparato (Bellocchio), Victor Kanu (Son of Claudia as an adult), Elisa Lepore (Shalimar), Barbara Marciano (Anita), Gea Martire (Lawyer), Micha Michel Sennfors (Emily), Philippe Noiret (Bertelli), Moni Ovadia (Adamo), Sabrina Paravicini (Eleonora), Marilù Prati (Teresa), Mattia Sbragia (Detective)
  • Country: Italy
  • Language: Italian
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 104 min
  • Aka: Looking for Paradise

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