La scuola

1995 Italian film

Domenico Starnone
Daniele Luchetti
Sandro Petraglia

Produced by

Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori

Starring

Silvio Orlando
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Anna Galiena

CinematographyAlessio Gelsini TorresiEdited byMirco GarroneMusic byBill FrisellDistributed byCecchi Gori Group

Release date

6 April 1995 (1995-04-06)

Running time

104 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalianBox office$5.5 million (Italy)^[1]

La scuola (also known as School) is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It is loosely based on two books by Domenico Starnone, Ex Cattedra and Sottobanco.

The film was awarded with the David di Donatello for Best Film.^[2]

Plot

It is the last day of school in a run-down technical institute in the Roman suburbs before the summer break. Mr. Vivaldi, an Italian literature teacher, bitterly remembers what happened during the school year and wonders what will happen to those young students that he cared for as children from their first day of school: they've paid him off in a somewhat offensive way, given that, as the teacher has noted, today's youth have changed, they are drifters and without a sense of civic duty.

Cast

Silvio Orlando as Mr. Vivaldi, Italian literature teacher
Anna Galiena as Mrs. Majello, Maths teacher
Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Mr. Sperone, deputy headmaster
Antonio Petrocelli as Mr. Cirrotta, Physical Education teacher
Anita Zagaria as Mrs. Gana, teacher
Roberto Nobile as Mr. Mortillaro, French literature teacher
Enrica Maria Modugno as Mrs. Lugo, English literature teacher
Gea Martire as Mrs. Ostia, teacher

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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Top 10 Domestic Films 1995". Screen International. 5 April 1996. p. 17.
^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.