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directed by

Luciano Emmer Luciano Emmer (19 January 1918 – 16 September 2009) was an Italian film director. He was born in Milan, but most of his childhood lived in Venice. He started as filmmaker at filming Giotto's frescoes in Padua in 1938. Screenwriter Sergio ...

Plot

Last year of school for the III C of the Gobetti high school in Rome: the events of the boys and girls who have to face the final exams are intertwined with more or less happy loves, shy disputes and small dramas. Lucia, scion of a rich family, but with a generous and rebellious soul, shares with Andrea, who instead comes from a family of modest conditions, the project for a school newspaper. The contents of the file put them in collision with the principal, but they unite the two youngsters, who eventually fall in love. Their relationship, however, is opposed by Lucia's family, who want her to be paired with the stolid but rich Pupo.

Cast

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: Camilla *

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: Teresa *Ugo Amaldi: Franco * Ferdinando Cappabianca: Andrea * Franco Santori: Bruno *

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: Mother of Bruno *

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: Valenti *

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: Father of Giulia *

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: Carlo *

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: Mother of Camilla *

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: Professor *

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: Professor * Carlo Bernari: Professor *

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: Giovanna *

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* 1954 comedy-drama films 1954 films Italian high school films Italian comedy-drama films Italian coming-of-age films Films directed by Luciano Emmer Films set in Rome Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films Films scored by Carlo Innocenzi {{1950s-drama-film-stub