Giovanna's Father is a 2008

2008 in film

This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

 Italian

Cinema of Italy

The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Pupi Avati

Pupi Avati

Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter.-Early life and career:...

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Plot

In Bologna in the late '30s, 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 can not save her from a tragic fate, when she is locked in a mental institution after killing her best friend.

Cast

• Silvio Orlando
  Silvio Orlando
  Silvio Orlando is an Italian actor.Orlando was born in Naples. He worked with numerous Italian directors such as Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti, Carlo Mazzacurati, Gabriele Salvatores and others...
  
  : Michele Casali
• Francesca Neri
  Francesca Neri
  Francesca Neri is an Italian actress.Neri was born in Trento, she has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse, directed by Massimo Troisi and Carne trémula .She has also...
  
  : Delia Casali
• Alba Rohrwacher
  Alba Rohrwacher
  Alba Caterina Rohrwacher is an Italian actress.Alba Rohrwacher was born in Florence, the daughter of a German father and an Italian mother. She studied acting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. Her first movie role was in 2004 in L'amore ritrovato. In 2008 she was awarded the...
  
  : Giovanna Casali
• Ezio Greggio
  Ezio Greggio
  Ezio Greggio is an Italian comedian, actor, writer and film director.In Italy he is mostly known for his long lasting appearances in TV shows like Drive In and Striscia la Notizia, while abroad he his noted for his movies and his collaboration with Mel Brooks.-TV career:Born in Cossato, a small...
  
  : Sergio Ghia
• Serena Grandi
  Serena Grandi
  Serena Grandi is an Italian actress, famous as an icon and sex symbol in Italian cinema of 1980s and 1990s. Known for her junoesque body and voluptuous measurements, she was considered one of the main pin-up girls of Italy....
  
  : Lella Ghia
• Manuela Morabito: Elide Traxler
• Gianfranco Jannuzzo: Preside Apolloni
• Paolo Graziosi
  Paolo Graziosi
  Paolo Graziosi is an Italian actor. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1962. He starred in the 1966 film A Gangstergirl, which was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
  : Andrea Taxler
• Valeria Bilello: Marcella Taxler