''La scuola'' (also known as ''School'') is a
1995
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Italian
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comedy-drama
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film directed by
Daniele Luchetti
Daniele Luchetti (; born 25 July 1960) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.
Life and career
Luchetti was born in Rome. He debuted as assistant director for Nanni Moretti in '' Bianca'' (1983) and '' The Mass Is Ended'' (1985) ...
. It is loosely based on two books by
Domenico Starnone
Domenico Starnone (born 15 February 1943) is an Italian writer, screenwriter and journalist.
Born in Saviano, near Naples, he has worked for several newspapers and satirical magazines, including ''L'Unità'', '' Il Manifesto'', ''Tango'', and '' ...
, ''Ex Cattedra'' and ''Sottobanco''.
The film was awarded with the
David di Donatello
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for
Best Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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.
Plot
In a grammar school in the outskirts of Rome, it's the last day of school before the summer holidays. Professor Vivaldi, Italian literature teacher, before the end bitterly remembers what happened in that year and he wonders what will happen to those young students that he cared for as children from their first day of school. But they've paid him off in a somewhat offensive way, given that, as the professor has noted, today's youth are in most cases changed, drifters and without a sense of civic duty.
Cast
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Silvio Orlando
Silvio Orlando (born 30 June 1957) is an Italian actor.
Orlando was born and raised in Naples, where he started acting in theatre in 1976. He made his film debut in 1988 with a supporting role in the comedy '' Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan'' ...
: professor Vivaldi
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Anna Galiena
Anna Galiena (born 22 December 1954) is an Italian actress, best known to English-speaking audiences for her appearances in ''Le Mari de la coiffeuse'', '' Jamón, jamón'', '' Being Human'' and ''Senso '45''.
Movie career
In her youth, Galien ...
: professoressa Majello
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Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Fabrizio Bentivoglio (born 4 January 1957) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor and screenwriter.
Biography
Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born in Milan (his father is Venetian). After only one season in the juvenile team of Inter, he left his spor ...
: professor Sperone
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Antonio Petrocelli
Antonio Petrocelli (born 18 September 1953) is an Italian actor.
Partial filmography Film
* '' The Pool Hustlers'' (1982)
* '' The Eyes, the Mouth'' (1982)
* '' Secrets Secrets'' (1985)
* '' Il tenente dei carabinieri'' (1986)
* ''The Strangene ...
: professor Cirrotta
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Anita Zagaria: professoressa Gana
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Roberto Nobile
Roberto Nobile (11 November 1947 – 30 July 2022) was an Italian actor.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1947 births
2022 deaths
Italian male film actors
Actors from Verona
Italian male television actors
20t ...
: professor Mortillaro
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Enrica Maria Modugno
Enrica Maria Modugno (born 5 August 1958 in Rome) is an Italian actress. She is most noted for her roles in Brothers Taviani's " Kaos" (1984), '' The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita)'', for which she received a Ciak d'oro nomination for Best Ac ...
: professoressa Lugo
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Gea Martire: professoressa Ostia
* Elena Sabbatini: Daughter of professoressa Majello
Reception
The film was the third most popular Italian film in Italy for the year with a gross of 8.7 billion lire ($5.5 million) and was
number one at the Italian box office for three consecutive weeks.
References
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1995 films
Films about educators
Films directed by Daniele Luchetti
Films set in Rome
Italian coming-of-age comedy-drama films
1990s coming-of-age comedy-drama films
1995 comedy films
1995 drama films
Italian high school films
1990s Italian-language films
1990s Italian films
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