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When confronted with comedies created and told with intelligence, you can only applaud.
And this is exactly the case with "Si può fare", a delightful comedy directed by Giulio Manfredonia and primarily acted by a cast of truly talented semi-unknown actors.
Nello (Claudio Bisio) finds himself directing the cooperative 180, which consists of mentally ill individuals discharged from asylums following Law 180. Followed by a traditionalist doctor, they live listlessly, dazed by medications.
Nello, however, with the help of a Basaglia-influenced doctor, guides the "members" through difficulties and suspicions toward a real job: installing parquet flooring. It seems like utopia, but a group of mentally ill individuals starts working in earnest. It's not utopia because the film is based on a true story, that of the Noncello cooperative in Pordenone.
The work succeeds where medications fail: the young people, after conquering a good portion of the market, start living on their own and seriously begin to confront everyday life. Some can't handle the pressures, but overall the results are exceptional.
A lot of humanity for a wonderful story told with lightness (but not with approximation and superficiality) and the right comic relief, and managing to express all this with such a dramatic and delicate theme is truly difficult and commendable.
Several scenes stand out, like the hilarious encounter the group of patients has with prostitutes paid with European Union funds, but also the poetic and moving welcome that the "veterans" of the cooperative give to new entries, when fresh forces are needed due to the success of the activity. And what about Roby, autistic, who apparently cannot be useful for anything and precisely for this reason is appointed president?
Claudio Bisio is truly convincing, Battiston is impeccable, the group of patients is extraordinary, more than credible and very skillful in avoiding caricature.
Si può fare is simply a perspective that warms the heart...
Recommended 3,2,1 Ciak!SiBirba
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By metalselo
"Up close nobody’s normal" says the slogan of Si Può Fare, but it’s more accurate to ask "What does it mean to be normal?"
For an hour and a half, you move from laughter to tears without realizing it and without ever knowing whether you should laugh or cry.
