The First Assignment (2010)

Nena, a girl from the south of Italy, has to travel far from home to get her first job as a teacher. She is sad, not because she has to leave her mother and sister, with whom everything is ... See full summary »

Director:

Giorgia Cecere

Writers:

Giorgia Cecere, Pierpaolo Pirone

Stars:

Isabella Ragonese, Francesco Chiarello, Alberto Boll

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Isabella Ragonese	...	Nena
Francesco Chiarello	...	Giovanni
Alberto Boll	...	Francesco
Miriana Protopapa	...	Sorella di Nena
Rita Schirinzi	...	Madre di Nena
Bianca Maria Stea Lindholm	...	Donna Carla
Vijaya Bechis Boll	...	Cristiana
Antonio Fumarola	...	Domenico
Antonia Cecere	...	Zia Vincenza

Storyline

Nena, a girl from the south of Italy, has to travel far from home to get her first job as a teacher. She is sad, not because she has to leave her mother and sister, with whom everything is clear and sometimes difficult, but because she is having a serious love affair with someone from her village to whom she is very committed: a young upper-middle class man who seems to sincerely feel the same. They promise that nothing will change between them. It is only until June and then she can ask for a transfer. And so she leaves, a little sad and a little curious about what is in store for her. But what she finds is completely different from what she imagined. It's much worse: a school isolated on a high mountain plain, wild children, people she has nothing in common with and a hostile environment. She sticks it out because of pride and because Francesco loves her for her courage, until one cold February day when everything goes wrong, everything seems lost forever... but it isn't so, it's ...

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Drama

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User Reviews

Beautiful film, won top prize for new directors at New Italian Cinema Festival

A lovely film about a young woman sorting out her place in life when she's sent to teach in a small peasant village in Puglia. Complicated, engaging, heartfelt and wholly entertaining. Just when you think you know where it's going, it changes course. Highly recommended!

The film took the top prize at the New Italian Film Festival in San Francisco last night - and deservedly so.

I liked the film not only for the story and the acting, but also for a look at the life of people in Puglia - who almost never make it onto the big screen. For years, Marcel Pagnol's films about French peasants have been entertaining us. Now Puglia can take its place as well.

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

6 May 2011 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Az első tanítói állás

Filming Locations:

Apulia, Italy

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$260,294

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bianca Film, Rai Cinema, Saietta Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color