Chiedo asilo (1979)

MOVIEmeter

SEE RANK

Up 48,903 this week

110 min - Comedy | Drama - 24 October 1979 (Italy)

6.1

Ratings: 6.1/10 from 254 users
Reviews: 5 user | 3 critic

Roberto has a new job as the teacher at a nursery school. The first child he meets is Gianluigi, who's mute... See full summary »

Quick Links:

Create a list »

Related Lists

Best Foreign Picture by Year

a list of 82 titles by Stefano Barletta created 30 Jan 2011

Berlin Film Festival - Grand Prix

a list of 55 titles by Germanesque created 4 months ago

Future Screenings

a list of 360 titles by giancarletto created 2 months ago

Visti

a list of 245 titles by topaz51 created 8 months ago

See all 4 related lists »

1 win & 1 nomination See more awards »

Edit

Cast

Cast overview:
	Roberto Benigni	...	Roberto
	Francesca De Sapio	...	Chiara
	Dominique Laffin	...	Isabella
	Luca Levi	...	Luca
	Girolamo Marzano	...	Mario
	Carlo Monni	...	Paolo
	Chiara Moretti	...	Irma
	Roberto Amaro	...	Robertino

Full cast and crew »

Edit

Storyline

Roberto has a new job as the teacher at a nursery school. The first child he meets is Gianluigi, who's mute. Roberto is spirited, bringing a TV into class, then a donkey. He takes children on an unscheduled field trip to their fathers' plant. He dates Isabella, the mother of one of his students, and soon she's pregnant. He's moody about it, so Isabella leaves for her family's abandoned movie theater in Sardinia, but not before Roberto is briefly arrested and questioned about past radical activity. He takes ten children, including Gianluigi, to Sardinia for the baby's birth, and there, surrounded by the sea, the mother of us all, he and Gianluigi play out their surprising bond. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis