A World Apart

Overview

Elementary school teacher Michele Cortese is about to start a whole new life. After 40 years of teaching in the metropolitan Roman jungle, he had to move to a village in Central Italy, to teach in a tiny school with just a few children aged 7-10. Struggling to overcome his urban inadequacy, he finds a friendly face in vice-principal Agnese and gradually manages to fit in, thanks to her and their spirited pupils. As everything seems to be falling into place, unwelcome news comes through: the school has failed to meet its student quota for the next year and will soon be shut for good.

Directed by Riccardo Milani

Top cast

Antonio Albanese

Michele Cortese

Virginia Raffaele

Agnese

S

Sergio Saltarelli

Collaboratore scolastico Nunzio

A

Alessandra Barbonetti

Maria Antonietta

S

Solidea Pistilli

Filomena

Sergio Meogrossi

Ezechia, sindaco di Castel Romito

Corrado Oddi

Gaetano, Preside della Scuola di Castel Romito

G

Gianmarco Borsa

Aniceto

G

Guglielmo Casale

Concezio

E

Enzo De Sanctis

Cesidio

A

Andrea Decina Di Pirro

Sabatino

F

Franca Di Cicco

Luigia, provveditore

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Paolo Setta

Maresciallo dei Carabinieri

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