在这部乔凡娜的爸爸剧情/历史/战争片中,相貌平平的女孩乔凡娜因为出于嫉妒而杀害了自己的同班同学，他做老师的爸爸米凯莱·卡萨里不惜放弃工作离开妻子，只为能够前往位于乡下的关押乔凡娜的精神病所照顾女儿……这部入围第65届威尼斯电影节竞赛单元并最终斩获最佳男主角的优秀影片，一改以往影视作品中热衷塑造的母爱主题，反而通过了一种强大的情感依托表达了对父爱的尊崇与向往。除了片中那段感人至深的父女情真，本片对二战期间意大利人民生活的疾苦同样有着惟妙惟肖地描写。
Bologna, Italy, Pre-war scenario. Michele Casali's only teenage daughter, Giovanna Casali, poses a problem to him. Driven by jealousy, she has just killed her best friend. After a painful trial, Giovanna is sent to to a psychiatric hospital due to her ¨non compus mentis¨ state . Michele is the only person that takes care of Giovanna during her isolated time at the hospital. Giovanna's mother, Delia, has never had a good relationship with her daughter, something which comes out to be more evident during Giovanna's time in reclusion. Meanwhile, Giovanna and Michele's already strong father-daughter link. Sergio, who is a police inspector and a close friend of Michele's, is the main witness of the whole situation and he is also in love with Delia. By the end of the war, Delia and Sergio took distance from Giovanna and Michele and went Northwards. In 1953, in a small cinema, the original family has an expected encounter.
历史个人两张皮。
