Bianca (1983)

Michele is a mathematics professor who just started a new job in a school with some peculiar teaching methods. After a woman in his neighborhood is murdered, Michele meets beautiful ... See full summary »

Director:

Nanni Moretti

Writers:

Nanni Moretti (story), Nanni Moretti (screenplay)

Stars:

Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Roberto Vezzosi

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nanni Moretti	...	Michele Apicella
Laura Morante	...	Bianca
Roberto Vezzosi	...	Il commissario / Police inspector
Remo Remotti	...	Siro Siri
Claudio Bigagli	...	Ignazio
Enrica Maria Modugno	...	Aurora
Vincenzo Salemme	...	Massimiliano
Margherita Sestito	...	Maria
Dario Cantarelli	...	Il preside / School dean
Virginie Alexandre	...	Martina
Matteo Fago	...	Matteo
Giovanni Buttafava	...	Il professore contestato / Contested teacher
Alberto Cracco	...	Il patrigno di Martina / Martina's Stepfather
Giovannella De Luca	...	Dirimpettaia / Neighbor mother
Nicola Di Pinto	...	Poliziotto / Policeman

Storyline

Michele is a mathematics professor who just started a new job in a school with some peculiar teaching methods. After a woman in his neighborhood is murdered, Michele meets beautiful colleague Bianca, and a relationship begins between the two. Where is this relationship heading, and will Michele be able to help the police catch the murderer?

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Plot Keywords:

italy | character name as title | forename as title | male frontal nudity | male nudity | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 79636 delivered on 17-2-1984.

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Goofs

During the ending titles, the year of production is incorrectly written as MCMXXXIV (1934) instead of MCMLXXXIV (1984).

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Quotes

Michele Apicella: Friends disappoint you, normal people don't.

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Connections

Referenced in Riso in bianco: Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso (1984)

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Soundtracks

Il cielo in una stanza
Written and performed by Gino Paoli
Courtesy of FAMA

User Reviews

Blurb.

In this mordant satire Nanni Moretti (who also directed) plays a new teacher in a radical Roman school called the Marilyn Monrroe School, where there is a jukebox in every classroom! Discipline is frowned upon and the resident psychiatrist is not for the students but for the teachers. The teacher becomes a suspect in a series of murders (not an uncommon temptation for teachers) and displays an insidious obsession with molding the lives of others to comply with his own inhibitions and obsessions. Bianca is the name of the girl he pursues fruitlessly. The ending of the film, which we cannot spoil for you, was considered excessively severe for the Woody Allen-like proceedings which form the body of much of the film, but we feel it is a delightful, clever, and devilish piece of work from a director better known to us for his later film CARO DIARIO.

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian French

Release Date:

16 April 1986 (France)

Also Known As:

Bianca

Filming Locations:

Piazza Damiano Sauli, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Faso Film, Reteitalia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1