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 Direttore riformatorio
Giuseppe Giarraffa as
Michela Cusano as Lia
Matteo Mondello as
Maria Cristina Mastrangeli as Professoressa molestata
Calogero Buttà as Professore carcere
Luigi Maria Burruano as Franco D'Annino
Ninni Picone as Impiegato provveditorato
Aurora Quattrocchi as Madre di Mery
Ludovico Caldarera as Professore carcere #2 (uncredited)
Carlo Berretta as Salvatore 'Salvo' Sperandeo (uncredited)
Carlo DeFilippi as Detenuto (uncredited)
Enzo Marcelli as Detenuto (uncredited)
Pippo Agusta as Padre di Mery (uncredited)
Paolo Buzzurro as Poliziotto (uncredited)
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