Seeking Asylum (1979)
Chiedo asilo (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 50min
- Comedy, Drama
- 24 Oct 1979 (Italy)
- Movie
- 2 wins & 1 nomination.
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| Roberto Benigni | ... |
Roberto
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| Dominique Laffin | ... |
Isabella
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Chiara Moretti | ... |
Irma
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| Carlo Monni | ... |
Paolo
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Girolamo Marzano | ... |
Mario
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| Franco Trevisi | ... |
Poliziotto (Cop)
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Luca Levi | ... |
Luca
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Roberto Amaro | ... |
Robertino (uncredited)
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| Francesca De Sapio | ... |
Chiara (uncredited)
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| Guia Jelo | ... |
Teacher (uncredited)
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Samuele Sbrighi | ... |
Little kid (uncredited)
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Lauro Versari | ... |
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Directed by
| Marco Ferreri | ||
Written by
| Marco Ferreri | ... | (story) |
| Marco Ferreri | ... | (screenplay by) & |
| Gérard Brach | ... | (screenplay by) (as Gerard Brach) |
| Roberto Benigni | ... | (collaboration) |
Produced by
| Jacqueline Ferreri | ... | executive producer |
| Ettore Rosboch | ... | associate producer |
| Renzo Rossellini | ... | associate producer / co-producer |
Music by
| Philippe Sarde | ||
Cinematography by
| Pasquale Rachini | ||
Editing by
| Mauro Bonanni | ||
Costume Design by
| Nicoletta Ercole | ||
Production Management
| Roberto Giussani | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Cesare Bastelli | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Fausto Ancillai | ... | sound mixer |
| Giancarlo Carotenuto | ... | sound |
| Aldo Ciorba | ... | foley artist |
| Jean-Pierre Ruh | ... | sound (as Jean Pierre Ruh) |
Additional Crew
| Maurizio Santarelli | ... | production assistant |
Production Companies
- 23 Giugno
- A.M.S. Productions (co-production)
- Best International (associate production)
- Pacific Business Group (associate production)
Distributors
- Gaumont Italia (1979) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Films sans Frontières (2015) (World-wide)
- Image Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
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Storyline
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Roberto has a new job as the teacher at a nursery school. The first child he meets is Gianluigi, who's mute. Roberto is spirited, bringing a TV into class, then a donkey. He takes children on an unscheduled field trip to their fathers' plant. He dates Isabella, the mother of one of his students, and soon she's pregnant. He's moody about it, so Isabella leaves for her family's abandoned movie theater in Sardinia, but not before Roberto is briefly arrested and questioned about past radical activity. He takes ten children, including Gianluigi, to Sardinia for the baby's birth, and there, surrounded by the sea, the mother of us all, he and Gianluigi play out their surprising bond.
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