Ciao, Professore! (Io speriamo che me la cavo) by Lina Wertmüller
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Ciao, Professore!
Io speriamo che me la cavo
Nomination
Best Supporting Actress, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1993
Festival
Toronto International Film Festival 1993
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Cast: Paolo Villaggio, Isa Danieli, Michael Tucker
Italy | 1992 | 96’ | In Italian with English subtitles | Digital | Colour
24/11 (Thur) - 7:45pm
Due to incompetence in the Ministry of Education, a proud Italian language teacher from the North is accidentally transferred to a school in a poverty-stricken southern village. While he awaits a new transfer back to greener pastures, he finds a mess of a school where the kids skip school for work and the janitor rules the school with his mafia connection. But by winning over the leader of his class, the teacher eventually begins to connect to his students.
Though its edges are blunter than her previous films, Lina Wertmüller pokes gentle fun at her father’s home region and the Italian education system with this enjoyable ode to great teachers. Based on a bestselling collection of essays by the students of a primary school teacher, Wertmüller’s take on the likes of Stand and Deliver is delightfully farcical and surprisingly sweet.
Co-Presenter: Hong Kong Arts Centre, Italian Cultural Institute Hong Kong & Macau
In collaboration with: Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong
Associated programme: Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism, Italia Mia