In this charming comedy, Marco Sperelli (Paolo Villagio), a divorced teacher from upper-class northern Italy, takes an assignment to teach a group of street-smart southern Italian village kids. He finds that to teach the children, he first must find them and bring them to school. When the children's rough life forces him to drop his no-nonsense approach, he finds that the kids have as much to teach him as he does them.

A very proper and priggish teacher finds his life turned topsy-turvy when he's sent to a school in Napoli. In this small village riddled with crime, the professor learns to approach life differently -- and to become outspoken in support of his troubled students.

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DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33

Distributor Notes: Ciao, Professore!

From Academy Award(R)-nominated director Lina Wertmuller (Best Director -- SEVEN BEAUTIES; SWEPT AWAY) comes this spirited comedy hailed by critics coast-to-coast for its vitality and raunchy good humor. CIAO, PROFESSORE! is the story of an upper-class teacher from conservative Northern Italy who, due to a computer error, finds himself teaching third-grade truants at a ramshackle school in the south. Yet along the way, the earnest "professor" learns some valuable lessons when he begins to see life through the fresh, vibrant eyes of his scrappy young students! Don't miss this rambunctious comedy -- a film absolutely brimming with life!

Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Paolo Villaggio: Actor/"Ciao, Professore"
Isa Danieli: Actress/"Ciao,Professore"

Lina Wertmuller: Director/screenwriter/actress

Mario Cecchi Gori: 
Vittorio Cecchi Gori: 

Lilli Greco-d'Angio: COMPOSER\"CIAO, PROF"

Pierluigi Leonardi: EDITOR\"CIAO, PROFESSORE"

"...CIAO, PROFESSORE is a sweet movie with some lovable characters in it..."
"...Delightful, sweet-tempered comedy....Brings [Wertmuller] back with the most accessible, comic and commercial movie she has made in a long time..."
"...The children, many of them unprofessionals, are charmers, and Wertmuller indulges them..."