An epileptic 12-year-old girl, Pippi, is hospitalized in the psychiatric ward instead of the neurological ward, due to an administration error. Out of this mistake begins the difficult journey towards being cured.
Sergio Castellitto Anna Galiena Alessia Fugardi Silvio Vannucci Alessandra Panelli Victor Cavallo Maria Consagra Lidia Broccolino Raffaele Vannoli Giacomo Ciarrapico Lara Pranzoni Tiziana Bianchi Andrea Di Giacomo Marco Loda Giuseppe Giordani Gigi Reder Armando De Razza Laura Betti Carlo Cosolo Stefano Narni Monica Rametta Patrizia Rosati Francesco Siciliano Ludovica Tinghi Paolo Triestino Stella Vordemann Riccardo Zinna
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