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Ciao, Professore!

1992 · 93 min

A warm, bittersweet culture-clash comedy that balances broad humour with a tender look at poverty and a teacher's stubborn decency.

Overview
A bureaucratic snafu sends Marco Tullio Sperelli, a portly, middle-aged northern Italian, to teach third grade in a poor town outside Naples

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • education
  • class
  • identity
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Lina Wertmüller
Written by
Lina Wertmüller, Alessandro Bencivenni, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi
Starring
Paolo Villaggio, Isa Danieli, Paolo Bonacelli, Gigio Morra, Sergio Solli, Ester Carloni, Mario Porfito, Filomena Lieto
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
93 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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