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C'era una volta la città dei matti... (2010)

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Original title
C'era una volta la città dei matti
Directed by
Marco Turco
Genre
drama film, biographical film
Country
Italy
Length
1 season, 2 episodes
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This two-part television film tells the story of a real person involved with a psychiatric institution in Italy. The episodes cover events from his life and his work there.

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What happens

Once Upon a Time the City of Fools (Italian: C'era una volta la città dei matti...) is a 2010 Italian two-parts biographical drama television film. The film was shot in 2009. Its screenplay was written by Marco Turco, who also directed it. Rai Fiction and Ciao Ragazzi! produced the film under the direction of Claudia Mori. The film was shown at Bari International Film & TV Festival on 25 January 2010 in Teatro Petruzzelli as well as on 7 and 8 February 2010 at TV channel Rai Uno. The film includes two episodes. The first episode of the film was watched by 5.442 million viewers, the second one was watched by 5.9 million viewers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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