Once Upon a Time the City of Fools

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| genre = Biographical drama

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| writer = Alessandro Sermoneta
Katja Colja
Marco Turco

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| director = Marco Turco

| starring = Fabrizio Gifuni
Sandra Toffolatti
Vittoria Puccini

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| country = Italy

| language = Italian

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| producer = Claudia Mori

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| runtime = 90 minutes (each of two episodes)

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| network = Rai Uno

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Once Upon a Time the City of Fools ({{langx|it|C'era una volta la città dei matti...}}) is a 2010 Italian two-parts biographical drama television film.

The film was shot in 2009. Its screenplay was written by Marco Turco, who also directed it. Rai Fiction and Ciao Ragazzi! produced the film under the direction of Claudia Mori. The film was shown at Bari International Film & TV Festival on 25 January 2010 in Teatro Petruzzelli as well as on 7 and 8 February 2010 at TV channel Rai Uno.[http://www.cinemaitaliano.info/news/04642/oltre-15-minuti-di-applausi-al-bifest-per.html Oltre 15 minuti di applausi al BIF&ST per l'anteprima della fiction televisiva su Basaglia - CinemaItaliano.info]

The film includes two episodes. The first episode of the film was watched by 5.442 million viewers,{{cite web|url=http://www.sorrisi.com/2010/02/08/auditel-di-domenica-7-febbraio-%c2%abamici%c2%bb-oltre-il-24-ma-in-valore-assoluto-vince-la-fiction-su-basaglia/|title=Auditel di domenica 7 febbraio 2010|publisher=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni|date=8 February 2010|accessdate=2010-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312145108/http://www.sorrisi.com/2010/02/08/auditel-di-domenica-7-febbraio-%c2%abamici%c2%bb-oltre-il-24-ma-in-valore-assoluto-vince-la-fiction-su-basaglia/|archive-date=2012-03-12|url-status=dead}} the second one was watched by 5.9 million viewers.{{cite web|url=http://www.sorrisi.com/2010/02/09/auditel-di-lunedi-8-febbraio-grande-fratello-vince-la-serata-con-una-media-di-6383000-spettatori-e-il-28-di-share/|title=Auditel di lunedì 8 febbraio 2010|publisher=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni|date=9 February 2010|accessdate=2010-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312145121/http://www.sorrisi.com/2010/02/09/auditel-di-lunedi-8-febbraio-grande-fratello-vince-la-serata-con-una-media-di-6383000-spettatori-e-il-28-di-share/|archive-date=2012-03-12|url-status=dead}}