La scuola (also known as School ) is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti . It is loosely based on two books by Domenico Starnone , Ex Cattedra and Sottobanco .
7-512: The film was awarded with the David di Donatello for Best Film . It is the last day of school in a run-down technical institute in the Roman suburbs before the summer break. Mr. Vivaldi, an Italian literature teacher, bitterly remembers what happened during the school year and wonders what will happen to those young students that he cared for as children from their first day of school: they've paid him off in
14-501: A somewhat offensive way, given that, as the teacher has noted, today's youth have changed, they are drifters and without a sense of civic duty. The film was the third most popular Italian film in Italy for the year with a gross of 8.7 billion lire ($ 5.5 million) and was number one at the Italian box office for three consecutive weeks. This article related to an Italian film of the 1990s
21-663: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a 1990s comedy-drama film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards , named after Donatello's David , a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance , are film awards given out each year by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (the Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award categories, as of 2023. The industry-voted awards are considered
28-600: Is a list of presidents of the Academy of Italian Cinema : † Died in office. The David di Donatello trophy is in the form of a gold David statuette, a replica of Donatello's famous sculpture, on a square malachite base with a gold plaque recording the award category, year, and winner. The 1956 David by Bulgari , awarded to Gina Lollobrigida for Beautiful but Dangerous , was auctioned at Sotheby's in 2013. As of 2020, with seven awards each, Margherita Buy , Alberto Sordi , Vittorio Gassman , and Sophia Loren are
35-776: The American Academy Awards . Similar prizes had already existed in Italy for about a decade, such as the Nastro d'Argento , but these were voted on by film critics and journalists. The Donatellos are awarded by people within the film industry, including actors, producers, directors, screenwriters, and technicians. After Rome, from 1957 to 1980, the ceremony was held at the Greek Theatre in Taormina during Taormina Film Fest , then twice in Florence, finally returning to Rome, always with
42-455: The Italian equivalent of the American Academy Awards . The David di Donatello film awards were founded in 1955 by the founding president of AGIS (Italian General Association for Show Business), businessman Italo Gemini , in order to honour the best of each year's Italian and foreign films. It was first awarded in Rome on 5 July 1956. The David di Donatello film awards follow the same criteria as
49-738: The support of the President of the Italian Republic and now with the collaboration of the Rome City Council cultural policies department. The founding organization, now called the Accademia del Cinema Italiano , works in concert with and thanks to the contribution of the Italian Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism. The prizes are awarded primarily to Italian films, with a category dedicated to foreign-language films. The following
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