The Night Before the Exams

Feb 17, 2006

1h 40m

★ 6.4

Overview

Rome, 1989. On his last day of high school, Luca gets in trouble when he takes it all out on hated literature teacher Martinelli, only to discover he's going to be heading the examination board for his finals. During a summer of fruitless study, he falls in love with a girl he met once at a party, unaware that she's Martinelli's daughter. The latter, strangely enough, has just offered Luca to prepare with him...

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Italian International Film

Aurora Films

RAI Cinema

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Cast

Prof. Martinelli

Giorgio Faletti

Claudia

Cristiana Capotondi

Luca

Nicolas Vaporidis

Alice

Sarah Maestri

Simona

Chiara Mastalli

Massi

Andrea De Rosa

Riccardo

Eros Galbiati

Valentina

Elena Bouryka

Chicca

Valentina Idini

Cesare

Marco Aceti

Loredana

Eleonora Ceci

Santilli

Armando Pizzuti

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