Ciao, Professore!
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Ciao, Professore! is a 1992
Italian
"fish out of water" comedy film
about an elementary school
teacher from northern Italy
who is sent by mistake to an impoverished town in the Naples
region of southern Italy. There he must deal with vast cultural differences and teach chronically truant
children who only respect violence and power. The film was directed by Lina Wertmuller
and stars Paolo Villaggio
.
Reviewer Marc Vincenti notes of the film's R rating, "Why, you might ask, is a film that is without an iota of sex or violence, and that has completely to do with 8- and 9-year-olds, off limits to that very age group as an audience? Let's just say it was a good thing the subtitler knew how to spell four-letter words."
1992 in film
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Italian
Italy
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"fish out of water" comedy film
Comedy film
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about an elementary school
Elementary school
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teacher from northern Italy
Northern Italy
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who is sent by mistake to an impoverished town in the Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
region of southern Italy. There he must deal with vast cultural differences and teach chronically truant
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children who only respect violence and power. The film was directed by Lina Wertmuller
Lina Wertmüller
Lina Wertmüller is an Italian film writer and director of aristocratic Swiss descent. In 1976, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing with the film Seven Beauties.-Biography:...
and stars Paolo Villaggio
Paolo Villaggio
Paolo Villaggio is an Italian actor, writer, director and comedian.-Life:Villaggio was born in Genoa in 1932. His jobs included being a clerk for the Italsider steel major which inspired his character "Il ragioniere Fantozzi Ugo", "the accountant Ugo Fantozzi"...
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Reviewer Marc Vincenti notes of the film's R rating, "Why, you might ask, is a film that is without an iota of sex or violence, and that has completely to do with 8- and 9-year-olds, off limits to that very age group as an audience? Let's just say it was a good thing the subtitler knew how to spell four-letter words."