SCHOOL IS OVER
synopsis
Some of the teenagers attending the Pestalozzi grammar school do not seem to know the reason for their being there: they are bored, they do the bare minimum and take drugs. Alex is one of the most difficult students, so difficult in fact that two teachers, Aldo Talarico and Daria, give him extra special attention. The relationship between Talarico and Alex changes, however, when the teacher discovers his student’s musical talent. In his desperate search for distance, freedom and love, Alex ultimately confounds the fragile certainties of the adult world that are actually supposed to show him the way.
international title: | School Is Over |
original title: | La scuola è finita |
country: | Italy, Switzerland |
sales agent: | Adriana Chiesa Enterprises (ACEK) |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Valerio Jalongo |
film run: | 85' |
release date: | IT 12/11/2010 |
screenplay: | Valerio Jalongo, Francesca Marciano, Daniele Luchetti, Alfredo Covelli |
cast: | Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, Fulvio Forti, Antonella Ponziani, Marcello Mazzarella, Alfio Sorbello, Paola Pace |
cinematography by: | Stefano Falivene |
film editing: | Mirco Garrone |
art director: | Giada Calabria |
costumes designer: | Valentina Taviani |
producer: | Domenico Gianmaria |
production: | Ameuropa International, Amka Films, RAI Cinema, RSI - Radiotelevisione Svizzera di Lingua Italiana, SRG SSR |
backing: | Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) |
distributor: | Bolero Film |