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La balia (1999)
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.
Updated May 28 2020
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Cast
Michele Placido
Belli Estate Patient
Jacqueline Lustig
Maddalena
Maya Sansa
Annetta
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Prof. Mori
Elda Alvigini
Patient
Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Nardi
Fabio Camilli
Broker
Crew
Marco Bellocchio
Director
Luigi Pirandello
Writer
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