We Can Do That
From a close range nobody is normal
111 mins
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.
Tony D'Agostino
Scorbutico
Marco Caldoro
Operaio
Monica Faggiani
Prostituta
Arianna Gabrielli
Operaia
Romano Ghini
Cicconi
Pietro Paletti
Giovanotto rampante
Vincenzo Piscopo
Art director
Errico Russo
Capo palestre
Raffaele Zabban
Matteo
Gianluca Valente
Invitato (uncredited)
Mauro Maggioni
Unit Manager
Federico Boldrini Parravicini
Line Producer
Marco Belluzzi
Production Design
Alessandro Spinelli
Administration
Valentino Lo Cascio
Production Secretary
Luigi D'Ottavio
Production Assistant
Maurizio Millenotti
Costume Design
Carlo Miscoli
Accountant
Theo Benzakein
Production Assistant
Mirta Guarnaschelli
Casting Director
Erasmo Colucci
Accountant
Fabrizio Calanchini
Production Assistant
Anna Maria Morelli
Creative Producer
Eugenio Rigacci
First Assistant Director
Ilaria Bosi
Production Coordinator
Simone Manzella
Unit Production Manager
Marco Galeassi
Accountant
Alessia Jannece
Assistant Unit Manager
Luca Capitani
Production Assistant
Flavia Califano
Second Assistant Camera
Alice Spigno
Assistant Costume Designer
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hair Department Head
Rita Altarocca
Assistant Production Design
Isabella Sciacca
Camera Intern
Fabrizio Di Giulio
BTS Footage
Marco Angeli
Second Assistant Director
Giorgia Onofri
Script Supervisor
Edelweiss Azzurro
Seamstress
Laura Tonello
Makeup Artist
Giuseppe Torre
Production Assistant
Claudio Iannone
Still Photographer
Fabrizio Salviati
Production Assistant
Stefano Viola
Production Assistant
Filippo Pintucci
First Assistant Editor
Valentina Orrù
Second Assistant Director
Diego Allegro
Steadicam Operator
Sascia Ippoliti
Steadicam Operator
Dario Incerti
Assistant Editor
Matteo Cosorich
Video Assist Operator
Giammarco Gaeta
Hairdresser
Franco Mele
Steadicam Operator
Federico Angelucci
First Assistant Camera
Marco Baratti
Assistant Costume Designer
Alfredo Petti
Boom Operator
Mirko Sala
Set Decoration
Vincenzo Mastrantonio
Makeup Department Head
Andrea Colaiacomo
Assistant Sound Engineer
Mara Molinari
Casting Assistant
Rosanna Palma
Editorial Consultant