The Nanny backdrop
The Nanny poster

Quick Info

IMDb
Rating
6.2/10
Release1999
Runtime1h 46m
StatusReleased
BudgetN/A
RevenueN/A
Production
Istituto Luce Cinecittà
RAI
Movie

The Nanny

1999
1h 46m
6.2
Drama

Synopsis

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.

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