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THE PROFESSOR (LA PRIMA NOTTE DI QUIETE)
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Completed - Drama - 132 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2019 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 1972

Director(s) : Valerio ZURLINI

Synopsis

In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in high school replacing another teacher. His relationship with his mate Monica is in crisis and he spends most of the time with his new acquaintances and gamblers Giorgio Mosca, Marcello and Gerardo Pavani. In the classroom, he meets nineteen- year-old student Vanina Abati, who is Gerardo's girlfriend, and they fall in love. Their relationship leads to a tragic end.

Production

Country(ies) : Unknown

Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2019 Cannes Classics


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