La scuola

La scuola
La scuola
Directed by	Daniele Luchetti
Written by	Domenico Starnone; Daniele Luchetti; Sandro Petraglia;
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori; Vittorio Cecchi Gori;
Starring	Silvio Orlando; Fabrizio Bentivoglio; Anna Galiena;
Cinematography	Alessio Gelsini Torresi
Edited by	Mirco Garrone
Music by	Bill Frisell
Distributed by	Cecchi Gori Group
Release date	6 April 1995;
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Box office	$5.5 million (Italy)

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.