Released:
1999-05-21

Overview:
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.

Director:
Marco Bellocchio

Runtime:
1h 46min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Fabrizio Bentivoglio
  as
  Prof. Mori
• 
  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
  as
  Vittoria Mori
• 
  Maya Sansa
  as
  Annetta
• 
  Jacqueline Lustig
  as
  Maddalena
• 
  Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
  as
  Nardi