

A World Apart
2024-03-28 · 113 min · ★ 6.5
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.
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- Directors
- Riccardo Milani
- Production companies
- Wildside, Medusa Film
- Countries
- Italy
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- Released
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- USD 8,108,856
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Antonio AlbaneseMichele Cortese
Virginia RaffaeleAgnese
Sergio MeogrossiEzechia, sindaco di Castel Romito
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