Italian teens sweat exams and broken hearts in swoony 1950s Roma — la dolce vita, but make it homework.
It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.
Cinematography
Rome bathed in golden-hour nostalgia, every frame a postcard.
Costume
Sharp 1950s Italian tailoring that screams 'future architect.'
Director
Luciano Emmer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emmer pioneered the 'teen film' in postwar Italy, capturing a generation caught between Fascist rigidity and booming economic optimism.
The real Roman high school location became so iconic that alumni still host screenings — some extras became famous architects.
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