The Teacher from Vigevano

The Teacher from Vigevano

1963 · 109 min · IT · 7.0 (31 votes)
Dir. Elio Petri · Starring Alberto Sordi, Claire Bloom, Vito De Taranto, Guido Spadea, Eva Magni, Piero Mazzarella · Music Nino Rota
DramaComedy

Primary school teacher Mr. Mombelli, nevertheless satisfied with his life, is driven by his wife to resign and starting a new activity. He invest all his goodwill setting up a footwear little factory.

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A quiet, character-driven drama about the quiet desperation of middle-class life. It feels like a warm, slightly faded photograph, capturing the subtle shifts in a man's identity as he navigates societal pressures and personal ambition.

bittersweetwrymelancholicobservationalsteadyItalian neorealismcharacter studyslice-of-lifesocial mobilitydisillusionmentmiddle-class anxietiesidentity
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