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The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and little hope of reintegrating into society. With the intention of actually improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them although, regardless of intention, there is sometimes a price to pushing boundaries too quickly.
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Cuando la mujer de Pietro (Nanni Moretti) muere de improviso un día de verano, en ese preciso momento él estaba en la playa salvando la vida de una desconocida. Desde entonces Pietro se dedica sobre todo a estar con su hija y a no hacer nada: empieza a observar el mundo desde otro punto de vista y, poco a poco, va descubriendo el lado oculto de los demás. Sus jefes, sus compañeros de trabajo, amigos y parientes, intentan consolarlo, pero acaban rindiéndose ante su incomprensible e inquietante calma.
