Mario Tobino

Mario Tobino

1910-01-16
81 (1991-12-11)
Viareggio, Lucca, Italy

Italian poet and writer.

Viareggio, Lucca, Italy

Italian poet and writer.

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Madman at War 1985 (5.7)

A young psychiatrist struggles to remove an erratic captain from command at an Italian base in the Lybian desert during World War II.
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The Roses of the Desert 2006 (5.9)

A sanitary battalion of Italian Army is sent to Sorman oasis in Lybia during the Africa campaign in 1940. Soon an Italian missionary, living nearby, succeed to transform the occupation by Italian Army in a kind of humanitarian mission. In fact all the battalion is involved to help the local population. The war anyway goes on with no regards to human feelings. The "glorious" Fascist campaign is going to became a fast retreat.
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Down the Ancient Stairs 1975 (5.2)

A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to isolate the germ of madness. He is also a very active ladies'man and makes three women benefit from his sexual itch: Francesca the hospital manager's wife, Bianca, his devoted nurse and Carla, a nymphomaniac doctor's wife. His well-ordered universe starts being challenged with the coming of Anna, a trainee psychiatrist, who disapproves of his theory on the origin of madness. Worse, she resists his advances. As Bonaccorsi is more insecure than he looks, what will become of him?