Giovanna's Father

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Giovanna's Father
Directed byPupi Avati
Written byPupi Avati
Antonio Avati
StarringSilvio Orlando
Francesca Neri
Alba Rohrwacher
Release date
  • August 31, 2008 (2008-08-31) (Venice Film Festival)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Giovanna's Father (Italian: Il papà di Giovanna) is a 2008 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati.

Plot[edit]

In Bologna in the late 1930s, Michele Casali (Silvio Orlando) teaches design at the same institute where his daughter Giovanna (Alba Rohrwacher) studies. Michele is a loving father, but overprotective. He does not recognize the mental health problems of his daughter and cannot save her when she is committed to a mental institution after killing her best friend.

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