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Perfect little italian movie. Lucchetti talks about (italian) school better than it's possible. This movie is nostalgic, melancholic, very funny, very poetic and perfectly orchestred. But the real good things of the movie is that it is absolutely REAL in all its parts. Every student in the last 20 years (especially italian student) can't find excellent the work of Lucchetti. The direction is quite good, script and dialogues are wonderful, but a special mention goes to the actors and to who makes the cast: Silvio Orlando is at his best in a role, the neapolitan teacher of italian literature, funny, very sensible and friend of the students. A role that seems to be written for him. Fabrizio Bentivoglio (probably the best living italian actor) gives another great performance transforming himself in a strong maths teacher, but all the actors, teacher and students are perfect in their roles. A little jewel that deserves 8.

A great Italian movie from the 1990s. Set in a school of a suburb of Rome " Colli Aniene", it well describes some the ordinary lives of students and teachers. I consider it to be enough realistic. The movie is nostalgic, well orchestrated, romantic, dramatic, but most of all it is very funny. I watched it countless of time. Needless to say that the best interpreter of this movie is Silvio Orlando the literature teacher. I also enjoyed the irony of the French teacher Mortillaro who at times behave even worst than the students, especially when him alarms the police of prank bombs in the school. And plus a Teacher that drinks beer during a class council? Beer is not too much of a taboo in Italy still it is very unusual in these circumstance.

A very nice movie. Highly suggested.