Where to Watch Seeking Asylum (1979) in the US

What it's about

Roberto has a new job as the teacher at a nursery school. The first child he meets is Gianluigi, who's mute. Roberto is spirited, bringing a TV into class, then a donkey. He takes children on an unscheduled field trip to their fathers' plant. He dates Isabella, the mother of one of his students, and soon she's pregnant. He's moody about it, so Isabella leaves for her family's abandoned movie theater in Sardinia, but not before Roberto is briefly arrested and questioned about past radical activity. He takes ten children, including Gianluigi, to Sardinia for the baby's birth, and there, surrounded by the sea, the mother of us all, he and Gianluigi play out their surprising bond.

Cast and crew

Director

Marco Ferreri

Writer

Marco Ferreri, Gérard Brach, Roberto Benigni

Starring

Roberto Benigni, Dominique Laffin, Chiara Moretti

Details

Release date

Oct 24, 1979

Language

Italian

Country

Italy, France

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination total

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