

Michele Casali is a middle-class professor in Fascist Italy who teaches at the same high school attended by his only daughter, Giovanna. A shy and sensitive girl, her insecurities are only magnified by Michele's overprotectiveness—reaching a point of no return.

Silvio Orlando
Michele Casali

Francesca Neri
Delia Casali

Ezio Greggio
Sergio Ghia

Alba Rohrwacher
Giovanna Casali

Serena Grandi
Lella Ghia

Manuela Morabito
Elide Traxler

Gianfranco Jannuzzo
Preside Apolloni

Paolo Graziosi
Andrea Taxler

Valeria Bilello
Marcella Traxler

Sandro Dori
Belletti

Rita Carlini
Lia

Antonio Pisu
Cicci Dalmastri

Edoardo Romano
Pradelli
Lorena Miller
Cassiera

Chiara Sani
Amabile

Dalia Zagni
Proprietaria trattoria (as Dalia Lahav)

Gennaro Diana
Poliziotto

Eleonora Vallone
Carcerata

Gaia Zoppi
Partoriente

Gisella Marengo
Professoressa
Pupi Avati
Pupi Avati
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