Summary Rome, early 20th century: a wealthy psychiatrist, who runs an asylum for women and lacks imagination in his practice, must find a wet nurse for his infant when his wife panics after childbirth. He brings a peasant, Annette, to Rome, forcing her to leave her own baby behind. To the consternation and increasing anger of the wife, the nanny immediately bonds with the couple's infant son - Annette's a natural. Against a backdrop of leftist demonstrations, Annette, who's lover is a teacher jailed for subversion, asks the doctor to teach her to read and write. Her nature and curiosity, the doctor's bland ideas, he and his wife's problems, and the two infants bring the story to a head. View more details
Directed : Marco Bellocchio
Written : Marco Bellocchio Luigi Pirandello Daniela Ceselli
Stars : Fabrizio Bentivoglio Maya Sansa Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Jacqueline Lustig
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 20, 1999
Countries of origin : Italy
Official sites : Istituto Luce
Language : Italian
Filming locations : Frascati, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production companies : RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana Istituto Luce Filmalbatros
Summary Rome, early 20th century: a wealthy psychiatrist, who runs an asylum for women and lacks imagination in his practice, must find a wet nurse for his infant when his wife panics after childbirth. He brings a peasant, Annette, to Rome, forcing her to leave her own baby behind. To the consternation and increasing anger of the wife, the nanny immediately bonds with the couple's infant son - Annette's a natural. Against a backdrop of leftist demonstrations, Annette, who's lover is a teacher jailed for subversion, asks the doctor to teach her to read and write. Her nature and curiosity, the doctor's bland ideas, he and his wife's problems, and the two infants bring the story to a head. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 20, 1999
Countries of origin : Italy
Official sites : Istituto Luce
Language : Italian
Filming locations : Frascati, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production companies : RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana Istituto Luce Filmalbatros
