

The Night Before the Exams
2006-02-17 · 100 min · ★ 6.5
Rome, 1989. On his last day of high school, Luca gets in trouble when he takes it all out on hated literature teacher Martinelli, only to discover he's going to be heading the examination board for his finals. During a summer of fruitless study, he falls in love with a girl he met once at a party, unaware that she's Martinelli's daughter. The latter, strangely enough, has just offered Luca to prepare with him...
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- Directors
- Fausto Brizzi
- Production companies
- Italian International Film, Aurora Films, RAI Cinema
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 2,457,000
- Revenue
- USD 19,078,950
Top Cast
Giorgio FalettiProf. Martinelli
Cristiana CapotondiClaudia
Nicolas VaporidisLuca
Sarah MaestriAlice
Chiara MastalliSimona
Andrea De RosaMassi
Eros GalbiatiRiccardo
Elena BourykaValentina
Valentina IdiniChicca
Marco AcetiCesare
Eleonora CeciLoredana
Armando PizzutiSantilli
Enrica AjòPrincipessa Leila
Matteo UrziaRoberto
Valeria FabriziNonna Adele
Eleonora BrigliadoriMamma di Simona
Edoardo CostaOttavio
Daniela PoggiGabriella
Carola StagnaroMamma di RiccardoTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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