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Dreams Live in Trees

7.5 112 mins Drama   2023
Director(s): Marco Della Fonte

Inspired by true events which took place in 1978 when Italy became the first country in the world to abolish mental asylums. Upon a closure of an asylum in Florence Anja returns home into the care of her brother Ettore and his wife Lisa. With the help and a great sensitivity from her newly appointed psychiatrist Anja slowly starts to adapt to her new life beyond the asylum. She meets Libero, a local man who delivers vegetables to people in the village. Libero, just like Anja, suffers from mental disorder and learning disabilities. Anja and Libero fall in love. They conduct their relationship under the protection of a secret shack in the middle of the forest. An unexpected event brings morality into question.

Casts of Dreams Live in Trees

Cristina Arnone

as Nurse

Miriam Bardini

as Aunt Maura

Luciano Casaredi

as Priest

Evita Ciri

as Lisa

Giuliana Colzi

as Adele

Michele Coppini

as Nurse

Piera Dabizzi

as Social Assistant

Lorenzo Girolami

as Policeman 1

Monia Locorotondo

as Laundress

Giusi Merli

as Maria

Keira Morgan

as Anja

Lidana Pasquali

as Lady in the village

Michelangelo Lo Presti

as Policeman 2

Pietro Ragusa

as Libero

Marcello Sbigoli

as Doctor

Fausto Maria Sciarappa

as Doctor Fanti

Alessio Venturini

as Tiziano

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