''Notte prima degli esami'' (English: ''Night Before the Exams'') is a 2006

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, written and directed by

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. It describes the lives of two groups of Italian teenagers during the preparation of the ''esame di maturità'' (the final exam of Italian

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). It is set in

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during the year 1989. The inspiration for the title was a famous 1980s song by

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Plot

The film follows two teenagers, Luca (

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) and Claudia (

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), and their friends as they all prepare for the dreaded ''maturità'' (high school graduation) exams during the summer of 1989. At a party, Luca meets and immediately falls for Claudia. The film then follows both teenagers and their friends through their various personal experiences and adventures during the summer. In addition, throughout the film, Luca is desperately trying to get back in favour with his literature teacher (

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), who will be the teacher sitting in on his oral exams. The film contains many references to music that was popular in the 1980s, and includes songs of the time period by bands such as Europe, Duran Duran (" Save a Prayer" and " The Wild Boys"), and Cecchetto (" Gioca Jouer").

Sequels and remakes

A sequel, ''

Notte prima degli esami – Oggi ''Notte prima degli esami – Oggi'' () is a 2007 Italian comedy film directed by Fausto Brizzi. The film is a sequel/ remake to 2006 ''Notte prima degli esami''. Cast English Dub * Jim Cummings as Paolo Molinari *Mikey Kelley as Luca Molinari ...

'' was released in 2007. The sequel features many of the same actors playing the same characters they played in the original, but it is set in 2006, during Italy's World Cup winning summer. And in 2011, Italian television station

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aired '' Notte prima degli esami '82'', a two-part miniseries involving many of the same characters as the first two movies, but using mostly different actors and setting the story in the summer of 1982. A French remake of the original movie, titled '' Nos 18 ans'', was released in 2008.

References

External links

''Notte prima degli esami''
(Official site) * 2006 films 2000s teen comedy films Films set in 1989 Films directed by Fausto Brizzi Films produced by Fulvio Lucisano Films scored by Bruno Zambrini Italian teen comedy films 2006 comedy films Italian high school films Films set in Rome 2000s Italian-language films {{2000s-Italy-comedy-film-stub