The Nanny (1999)

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Country: Italy
Genres: Drama
Release: 1999-05-21
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Luigi Pirandello , Marco Bellocchio , Daniela Ceselli
Language: Italian
Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio , Valeria Bruni Tedeschi , Maya Sansa , Jacqueline Lustig , Pier Giorgio Bellocchio , Gisella Burinato , Elda Alvigini , Eleonora Danco , Fabio Camilli , Michele Placido
Runtime: 106 min
Awards: 8 wins & 7 nominations
AKA: Niańka (Poland) , The Nanny (United States of America) , La balia (Italy) , La balia , Doica (Romania) , La nodriza (Argentina) , The Wet-Nurse (Canada) , La nourrice (France, French Republic) , A dajka (Hungary) , The Nanny (Canada) , La balia (United States of America) , Η παραμάνα (Greece) , La Balia - Die Amme (Switzerland, Swiss Confederation) , Intrusa (Brazil) , La balia (Spain)
Plot: Rome, early 20th century: a wealthy psychiatrist, who runs an asylum for women and lacks imagination in his practice, must find a wet nurse for his infant when his wife panics after childbirth. He brings a peasant, Annette, to Rome, forcing her to leave her own baby behind. To the consternation and increasing anger of the wife, the nanny immediately bonds with the couple's infant son - Annette's a natural. Against a backdrop of leftist demonstrations, Annette, who's lover is a teacher jailed for subversion, asks the doctor to teach her to read and write. Her nature and curiosity, the doctor's bland ideas, he and his wife's problems, and the two infants bring the story to a head.
IMDB:tt0139877