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{{Infobox film
| name =
| name = La scuola
| image = La scuola.jpg
| image = La scuola (film poster).jpg
| caption =
| caption =
| director =[[Daniele Luchetti]]
| director =[[Daniele Luchetti]]
| writer = [[Domenico Starnone]], [[Daniele Luchetti]], [[Sandro Petraglia]]
| writer = {{plainlist|
*[[Domenico Starnone]]
*[[Daniele Luchetti]]
*[[Sandro Petraglia]]
}}
| starring = [[Silvio Orlando]], [[Fabrizio Bentivoglio]], [[Anna Galiena]]
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Silvio Orlando]]
*[[Fabrizio Bentivoglio]]
*[[Anna Galiena]]
}}
| music = [[Bill Frisell]]
| music = [[Bill Frisell]]
| cinematography = [[Alessio Gelsini Torresi]]
| cinematography = [[Alessio Gelsini Torresi]]
| editing = [[Mirco Garrone]]
| editing = Mirco Garrone
| producer =
| producer = {{plainlist|
*[[Mario Cecchi Gori]]
*[[Vittorio Cecchi Gori]]
}}
| distributor = Cecchi Gori Group
| distributor = Cecchi Gori Group
| released = [[1995]]
| released = {{Film date|1995|04|06|df=yes}}
| runtime = 104 min.
| runtime = 104 minutes
| awards =
| country = Italy
| country = [[Italy]]
| language = Italian
| language = Italian
| budget =
| budget =
| gross = $5.5 million (Italy)<ref name=gross>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|title=Top 10 Domestic Films 1995|page=17|date=5 April 1996}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''La scuola''''' (also known as '''''School''''') is a [[List of Italian films of 1995|1995]] [[Cinema of Italy|Italian]] [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Daniele Luchetti]]. It is loosely based on two books by [[Domenico Starnone]], ''Ex Cattedra'' and ''Sottobanco''.
'''''La scuola''''' (also known as '''''School''''') is a [[List of Italian films of 1995|1995]] [[Cinema of Italy|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 [[David di Donatello for Best Film|Best Film]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=88-7742-221-1}}</ref>
The film was awarded with the [[David di Donatello]] for [[David di Donatello for Best Film|Best Film]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=88-7742-221-1}}</ref>


==Plot==
== 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.
The movie starring the boys of the first year of a high school in the suburbs of Rome. The school year is now closed and the teachers are deciding whether to promote all the guys IV D or to reject someone. In fact, many kids in the class do not study and think only to romp and play. However, the mild-mannered professor Vivaldi would like to give greater confidence to boys who are lazy. His colleagues, however, do not agree, nor the principal of the school, greatly angered by a sudden collapse took place in the school library. While varipinti professors are deciding the verdict for the boys of the class IV D, Professor Vivaldi along with his friend Majello and his rival: Professor Sperone recalls the beauty and embarrassing situations entire school year of IV D.

Among the cute boys of that class are the nerd Astariti, but eccentric young outcast by everyone, the problem hinges that because of his tragic family problems always pretends to be a fly and finally the bully Coffaro, which acts as criminal only because is misunderstood and mistreated by the strict Sperone. The teaching staff instead contains the comic French teacher, a man extremely racist and categorical considering all the boys goats and pretends to put a bomb in the institution, then there is the English teacher, painfully shy and frightened by sharp objects dall'anziana and teacher of Latin and Greek who mysteriously disappeared on the day of the polls before the summer holidays.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
*[[Silvio Orlando]]: professor Vivaldi
*[[Silvio Orlando]] as Mr. Vivaldi, Italian literature teacher
*[[Anna Galiena]]: professoressa Majello
*[[Anna Galiena]] as Mrs. Majello, Maths teacher
*[[Fabrizio Bentivoglio]]: professor Sperone
*[[Fabrizio Bentivoglio]] as Mr. Sperone, deputy headmaster
*[[Antonio Petrocelli]]: professor Cirrotta
*[[Antonio Petrocelli]] as Mr. Cirrotta, Physical Education teacher
*[[Anita Zagaria]]: professoressa Gana
*[[Anita Zagaria]] as Mrs. Gana, teacher
*[[Roberto Nobile]]: professor Mortillaro
*[[Roberto Nobile]] as Mr. Mortillaro, French literature teacher
*[[Enrica Maria Modugno]]: professoressa Lugo
*[[Enrica Maria Modugno]] as Mrs. Lugo, English literature teacher
*[[Gea Martire]]: professoressa Ostia
*[[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 [[List of 1995 box office number-one films in Italy|number one at the Italian box office]] for three consecutive weeks.<ref name=gross/>


==References==
==References==
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*{{IMDb title|0114368|La scuola}}


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Latest revision as of 04:29, 29 June 2024

La scuola
Directed byDaniele Luchetti
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAlessio Gelsini Torresi
Edited byMirco Garrone
Music byBill Frisell
Distributed byCecchi Gori Group
Release date
  • 6 April 1995 (1995-04-06)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Box 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

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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

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Reception

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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

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