The Substitute (2007)
"Il supplente" (original title)

There's something strange about the new substitute teacher in class.

Director:

Andrea Jublin

Stars:

Valentino Campitelli, Arianna Dal Buono, Lorenzo de Cicco

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Valentino Campitelli	...	Il Piccolo Lard
Arianna Dal Buono	...	La Poetessa
Lorenzo de Cicco	...	Il Lecchino
Nicola De Feo	...	Caverna Fabrizio
Pasquale Garofalo	...	Impiegati
Andrea Jublin	...	Il Supplente
Bruno Pannozzo	...	Impiegati
Mauro Stenico	...	Impiegati
Rinaldo Tagliaferri	...	Impiegati

Storyline

In a noisy high-school classroom in Rome, a substitute teacher enters and immediately establishes control: he confiscates a student's ball, accepts a small gift from another, and puts students through their paces, having them imitate animals, making fun of those who are too eager, rewarding those whose marks in the class roster are usually low. All but one student tries to please him; except for her - a quiet girl writing a poem - all are willing to discard dignity and camaraderie for a shot at a high mark. What lessons are being taught and learned here, and what about the ball?

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Plot Keywords:

student | ball | substitute teacher | teacher | class | 

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Genres:

Short | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

15 February 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Substitute

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Frame by Frame, Sky Italia

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Live Action (2008)

User Reviews

Total garbage and waste of time

Some artistic ability should go into a short, but this story of a boring obnoxious rich guy who goes into a classroom and pretends to be a substitute teacher has no such artistry.

He humiliates students, as some teachers I have known in the past, do, and then goes to his job.

The students may be real enough. They don't seem real, though, as it begins with a young school boy getting along well with a gorgeous girl, then ogling at a relatively pale and plain girl who walks by. Surreal perhaps, but not at all realistic.

The obnoxious title character has no value, and we never care about him, or the other characters. None of them are amusing. None of them are interesting.

Total garbage.