
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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