Giovanna's Father
# Giovanna's Father

Giovanna's Father (Italian: 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
