Ciao, Professore! (1992)

Original title

Io speriamo che me la cavo

Directed by

Lina Wertmüller

Genre

comedy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 403 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A strict northern Italian schoolteacher is mistakenly assigned to a poor town near Naples. He struggles to connect with unruly students who are more interested in survival than schoolwork.

fish-out-of-waterculture-clashcomedicpoignantearthybittersweetlivelyunderstated

What happens

Ciao, Professore! (lit. 'Hello, Professor!'; original title: "Io speriamo che me la cavo", which is a grammatically erroneous phrase meaning "Let's hope that I scrape by (the Judgement Day)" taken from Raffaele's homework essay) 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, especially one young boy who is already caught up in the gangster lifestyle. The film was directed by Lina Wertmüller and stars Paolo Villaggio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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