A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories. Natale, in for murder, enamoured of the Mafia, the King Rat within the group; Mery, a drag queen, arrested for assault when defending himself, in love with Mario and, in daylight, rejected by all; Pietro, illiterate, muscular, believing his destiny is set; the callow Claudio, vulnerable, learning to harden himself. What can Mario learn and do in such a short time?
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Michele Placido as Marco Terzi
Claudio Amendola as Pietro Giancona
Francesco Benigno as Natale Sperandeo
Alessandra Di Sanzo as Mario 'Mery' Libassi
Tony Sperandeo as Turris
Roberto Mariano as Antonio Patanè
Maurizio Prollo as Claudio Catalano
Filippo Genzardi as Matteo Mondello
Giovanni Alamia as Marra
Alfredo Li Bassi as Carmelo Vella
Salvatore Termini as Giovanni 'King Kong' Trapani
Gianluca Favilla as Rosaspina Prison Director
Giuseppe Giarraffa as Carmelo's Brother
Michela Cusano as Lia
Matteo Mondello as
Maria Cristina Mastrangeli as Rosaspina Prison Teacher
Calogero Buttà as Rosaspina Prison Teacher
Luigi Maria Burruano as Franco D'Annino
Ninni Picone as Announcer
Aurora Quattrocchi as Mery's Mother
Ludovico Caldarera as Unemployed Teacher #2 (uncredited)
Carlo Berretta as Salvatore 'Salvo' Sperandeo (uncredited)
Carlo DeFilippi as Inmate (uncredited)
Enzo Marcelli as Inmate (uncredited)
Pippo Agusta as Mery's Father (uncredited)
Paolo Buzzurro as Policeman (uncredited)
Tatu La Vecchia as Policeman Arresting Pietro (uncredited)
Angelo Prollo as Rosaspina Prison Warden (uncredited)
Giovanni Corrao as Police Detective (uncredited)
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