A World Apart (Un Mondo a parte)
2024, Italy, 112 min – Comedy
In Italian with English Subtitles
Synopsis
After 40 years of teaching in the Roman jungle, an elementary school teacher manages to be assigned to a school made up of a single class, with children aged 7 to 10, in the heart of the Abruzzo National Park. Thanks to the help of the vice principal and the children, he overcomes his metropolitan inadequacy and becomes one of them. When everything seems to be going well, however, the news arrives that the school will close due to lack of enrolments. Thus begins a battle to avoid its closure in any way.
Directed by
Riccardo Milani
Cast
Antonio Albanese, Virginia Raffaele, Sergio Saltarelli, Alessandra Barbonetti, Solidea Pistilli, Donatella La Cesa, Bianca Maria Macro, Corrado Oddi, Gianmarco Borsa, Guglielmo Casale, Enzo De Sanctis, Andrea Decina Di Pirro
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Festivals and Awards
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Festival du Cinema Italien de Bastia 2025: Compétition
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Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg 2025: LB05, LB09
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Ajaccio Italian Film Festival 2024: Compétition – Prix Serge Leca, Prix du public
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Denver Film Festival 2024: Italian Showcase
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Festival del Cinema Italiano – Japan 2024
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Festival do Cinema Italiano no Brasil 2024: Mostra Inéditos
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Festival du Cinéma Italien de Montélimar – Le Teil 2024: Panorama
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Italy on screen today New York – Film&TvSeries Fest 2024
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MittelCinemaFest 2024
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Mostra de Cinema Italià de Barcelona 2024
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ST. ALi Italian Film Festival – Australia 2024: New Italian Cinema
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Villerupt Italian Film Festival 2024: Hors Compétition