Giovanna's Father

Giovanna's Father (Il papà di Giovanna) is a 2008 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati.

Plot
In Bologna in the late 1930s, Michele Casali (Silvio Orlando) teaches design at the same institute where his daughter Giovanna (Alba Rohrwacher) studies. Michele is a loving father, but overprotective. He does not recognize the mental health problems of his daughter and cannot save her when she is committed to a mental institution after killing her best friend.

Cast

 * Silvio Orlando: Michele Casali
 * Francesca Neri: Delia Casali
 * Alba Rohrwacher: Giovanna Casali
 * Ezio Greggio: Sergio Ghia
 * Serena Grandi: Lella Ghia
 * Manuela Morabito: Elide Traxler
 * Gianfranco Jannuzzo: Preside Apolloni
 * Paolo Graziosi: Andrea Taxler
 * Valeria Bilello: Marcella Taxler