Aug. 16 – Ankara is screening, on Aug. 20, Giulio Manfredonia’s “Si può fare” at the Visne Bahcesi. Organized by Middle East technical university graduates in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Center of Ankara, the fil, will be in its original language with subtitles in Turkish. The movie from 2008, starring Claudio Bisio, Anita Caprioli, Andrea Bosca and Giovanni Calcagno, is inspired by the true stories of cooperatives set up in the 1980s to employ previously hospitalized patients with mental health issues. The movie follows in particular the story of the Pordenone-based Noncello cooperative, estqblished after the passing of the Basaglia Law. After surpassing a series of hardships, the cooperative won an important tender to redecorate new metro stations in Paris. The film ends showing the panels ready to leave and the incoming of new associates from other facilities.
