The Night Before the Exams (2006)
Overview
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...
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $2,457,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 0.6186 |
Directed By
Fausto Brizzi
Crew
Fausto Brizzi
Marina Diorio
Emanuele Giussani
Chiara della Longa
Emanuela Pirelli
Eleonora Ceci
Carlo Maria Camponeschi
Marialaura Gallo
Giulia Contino
Gianni Antonio Grazioli
Filippo Conti
Bruno Pavoncello
Paolo Bacilieri
Giacomo Lucci
Lora Del Monte
Aldo Piccapane
Giancarlo Tomaselli
Edoardo Petix
Franco Ruggeri
Riccardo Carletti
Maurizio Cremisini
Claudia Maria Simonetti
Marco Martani
Alessandro Giussani
Maurizio Marini
Denver M. Beattie
Davide Mattone
Amelia Puletti
Mario Mastrogiacomo
Andrea Micciché
Patrizia Tofani
Federico Cioccolanti
Piergiorgio De Luca
Nicola Pontrandolfo
Mirko Perri
Salvo Severino
Maria Sansone
Angelo Donatone
Donatella Raggetti
Antonio D'Arienzo
Alessandra Guglielmo
Gabriele Berretta
Francesca Martino
Marco Furlani
Fabio Di Pasquale
Lorenzo Moneta
Lorenzo Moneta
Biagina Cherubini
Fabrizio Caiazza
Fabio Pagotto
Gabriele Gubbini
Giuseppe Squillaci
Valerio Cardelli
Fabio Zaveti
Gianni Felici
Gianna Iacobelli
Nazzareno Savini
Lora Capodaglio
Rita Mauro
Michele Benigna
Teo Giacalone
Maurizio di Stefano
Valentina Tofani
Massimo De Pellegrino
Martina Cossu
Fathima Feminò
Gabriele Berretta
Marcello Di Carlo
Davide Bramucci
Isabella Mauro
Nicola Sganga
Arturo Turco
Daniele Dessena
Massimo Corcione
Andrea Baracca
Massimiliano Bruno
Marco Martani
Fausto Brizzi
Beatrice Scarpato
Bruno Zambrini
Luciana Pandolfelli
Alessandro Pascuzzo
Sandro De Pascalis
Fulvio Lucisano
Federica Lucisano
Giannandrea Pecorelli
Marcello Montarsi
Sandro De Pascalis
Giulio Steve
Monica Simeone
Benito Alchimede
Maurizio Grassi
Marco Martani
Fausto Brizzi
TOP CAST
Giorgio Faletti
Prof. Martinelli
Cristiana Capotondi
Claudia
Nicolas Vaporidis
Luca
Sarah Maestri
Alice
Chiara Mastalli
Simona
Andrea De Rosa
Massi
Eros Galbiati
Riccardo
Elena Bouryka
Valentina
Valentina Idini
Chicca
Marco Aceti
Cesare
Eleonora Ceci
Loredana
Armando Pizzuti
Santilli
Enrica Ajò
Principessa Leila
Matteo Urzia
Roberto
Valeria Fabrizi
Nonna Adele
Riccardo Miniggio
Ludovico
Eleonora Brigliadori
Mamma di Simona
Edoardo Costa
Ottavio
Daniela Poggi
Gabriella
Carola Stagnaro
Mamma di Riccardo
Alessandra Costanzo
Mamma di Chicca
Anita Zagaria
Mamma di Massi
Cristina Ramella
Prof.ssa Lattanzi
Urbano Lione
Barista
Maurizio Lops
Brigadiere
Sergio Zecca
Ginecologo
Mariano d'Angelo
Agente polizia
Stefano Guerrieri
Guido
Michael Schermi
Tracina
Susanna Melandri
Mamma di Luca
Arianna Fadda
Istruttrice di salsa
Enzo Salvi
Ispettore Manzi (uncredited)
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