Elementary school teacher Michele Cortese is about to start a whole new life. After 40 years of teaching in the metropolitan Roman jungle, he had to move to a village in Central Italy, to teach in a tiny school with just a few children aged 7-10. Struggling to overcome his urban inadequacy, he finds a friendly face in vice-principal Agnese and gradually manages to fit in, thanks to her and their spirited pupils. As everything seems to be falling into place, unwelcome news comes through: the school has failed to meet its student quota for the next year and will soon be shut for good.
Riccardo Milani
Director
Antonio Albanese
Michele Cortese
Virginia Raffaele
Agnese
Sergio Saltarelli
Collaboratore scolastico Nunzio
Alessandra Barbonetti
Maria Antonietta
Solidea Pistilli
Filomena
Sergio Meogrossi
Ezechia, sindaco di Castel Romito
Corrado Oddi
Gaetano, Preside della Scuola di Castel Romito
Gianmarco Borsa
Aniceto
Guglielmo Casale
Concezio
Enzo De Sanctis
Cesidio
Andrea Decina Di Pirro
Sabatino
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