Ciao, Professore!

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Ciao, Professore!

R

Released Jul 15, 1994

1h 39m

Comedy

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An error puts a strict teacher (Paolo Villaggio) from northern Italy with street-smart third graders to the south.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Ciao Professore is a sweet movie with some lovable characters in it, but there was a time when Wertmuller would have snorted in scorn at the simplicity of this material, and gone to work to make it her own.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Alison Macor

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 14, 2005

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

Revolves around a diligent northern Italian school teacher and his attempts to do his job well.

Jul 19, 2003

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Marc Vincenti

Palo Alto Weekly

Rated: 2/4

May 20, 2003

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 3/5

Jan 31, 2003

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GABRIEL S

Beautiful Film.The plot and emotional depth are beautiful.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/21/24

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Stephen C

Don't **** up again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

As a northern Italian teacher is assigned to an elementary school in southern Italy, the cultural clashes result in gut-wrenching laughs. This silly and simple film is so genuine that the viewer does not doubt that they situations are real and not a film, which makes it that much more comedic. Empathy towards the protagonist is difficult to avoid. We understand why there are such cultural discrepancies in Italy between its industrial north and agrarian south through the personalities of the children in this film and their family situations. This can only be a positive and hilarious film viewing experience and should have 100% RT rating!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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A rude reality in a poor place of italy. That's a Ironically and reflective movie i liked so much.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

Good humor but no story evolution

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Kids are fun, but the film is not very memorable. Oh, interesting how it talks about Italy's culture, it was very informative.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Synopsis

An error puts a strict teacher (Paolo Villaggio) from northern Italy with street-smart third graders to the south.

Director: Lina Wertmüller
Producer: Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Ciro Ippolito
Screenwriter: Alessandro Bencivenni, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Andrej Longo, Domenico Saverni, Lina Wertmüller
Distributor: Miramax Home Entertainment [us], Miramax Films
Production Co: Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinema
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 15, 1994, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Jul 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $63.0K
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Dolby