Marco, a teacher from Milan, relocates to Palermo and takes a temporary job teaching in a juvenile detention centre while he waits for a high school teaching position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories: Natale, in for murder and enamored with the Mafia; Pietro, who can't seem to stay out of jail; Claudio, barely 14 and learning to stand up for himself; and Mery, a trans sex worker, who was arrested after a fight with a trick who didn't want to pay her, and is now stuck in a male prison.

Directed by

Marco Risi

Written by

Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Aurelio Grimaldi

Genres

Crime, Drama

Released

May 4, 1989

Runtime

1h 42m

Status

Released

Original title

Mery per sempre

Language

Italian

Countries

Italy

Studios

Numero Uno International