''Zero in condotta'' ("Zero for Conduct") is a 1983 Italian teen comedy film directed by
Giuliano Carnimeo
Giuliano Carnimeo (born Carmineo; 4 July 1932 – 10 September 2016) was an Italian director and screenwriter, sometimes credited as Anthony Ascott or Antony Ascot.
Life and career
Born in Bari, Carmineo started his career as assistant direct ...
and starring Angelo Maggi and
Elena Sofia Ricci
Elena Sofia Barucchieri (born 29 March 1962), known by the stage name Elena Sofia Ricci (), is an Italian actress. She is known, among other things, for playing Sister Angela in the Italian television series .
Biography
Born in Florence, afte ...
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Plot
Sixties. Among the students of the last year of a classical high school there is Renato, a young student, who has always been in love and not reciprocated by his classmate Manuela. Together with the two inseparable friends, taking advantage of the absence of his parents, he organizes a party in his house with Manuela and two other classmates. Suspended from school for breaking into the women's locker room, Renato decides to leave for Sweden thinking of finding easy sexual adventures. On the train he meets a lady on his way to Florence, who confesses to him that she is looking for adventures with young boys to take revenge on her husband, who has cheated on her with an eighteen year old. As she greets him, the lady gives him a note with her telephone number and invites him to visit her. The boy returns to Rome and, after discovering that the lady on the train is the wife of the mathematics teacher, he decides to go back to court Manuela.
Cast
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Angelo Maggi
Angelo Maggi Mariotti (born 16 December 1955) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Rome, Maggi rose to fame in the 1980s as an actor. During that time, he made at least six film appearances and was quite popular on stage early i ...
as Renato Petrocelli aka Speedy Gonzales
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Elena Sofia Ricci
Elena Sofia Barucchieri (born 29 March 1962), known by the stage name Elena Sofia Ricci (), is an Italian actress. She is known, among other things, for playing Sister Angela in the Italian television series .
Biography
Born in Florence, afte ...
as Manuela
* Orsetta Gregoretti as Cristina Cavatocci aka Chiappa Tosta
* Tiziana Altieri as Maria Grazia Turri aka Diomela
* Sebastiano Somma as Giuseppe La Magna aka Cassiodoro
* Giacomo Rosselli as Gino Mezzalega
* Giorgio Vignali as Riccardo Zanetti aka Dumbo
* Ornella Pacelli as Angela Gaspari aka Acquasantiera
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Antonella Lualdi
Antonella Lualdi ( gr, Αντονέλλα Λουάλντι, born Antonietta de Pascale; 6 July 1931) is an Italian actress and singer. She appeared in many Italian and French films in the 1950s and 1960s, notably in Claude Autant-Lara's film '' ...
as Milena
* Annabella Schiavone as Renato's Mother
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Gianfranco Barra
Gianfranco Barra (born 5 April 1940) is an Italian film, television and stage actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films. Born in Rome, Barra studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in his hometown. First active on stage, he m ...
as Professor Giandomenico Gelmetti aka Palle Secche
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Luca Sportelli
Luca Sportelli (11 March 1927 - 29 August 1999) was an Italian actor who appeared in more than one hundred films from 1964 to 1991.
Selected filmography
References
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1927 births
1999 deaths
Italian male film actors< ...
as The Head Teacher aka Culandrone
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Sophia Lombardo
Sophia Lombardo (born September 14, 1955) is a former Italian actress.
Biography
Lombardo started her career when she was young. She appeared in Italian style sex comedies and also in Spaghetti Western movies. She is best known for the role o ...
as Teacher
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Ennio Antonelli
Ennio Antonelli (born 18 November 1936) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church and retired President of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
Early life and ordination
Born in Todi, he first attended seminary there, and then in Assis ...
as Varechina
See also
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List of Italian films of 1983
A list of films produced in Italy in 1983 (see 1983 in film):
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1983
Films
Italy
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Italian teen comedy films
1980s teen comedy films
Films directed by Giuliano Carnimeo
1980s Italian-language films
1983 comedy films
1983 films
1980s Italian films
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