(Elementary School)
(Elementary School)
Italy, France · 1955 · 35 mm · Black and White · 100' · o.v. Italian
A small-town elementary school teacher moves to Milan, where he runs into the janitor Pilade, a childhood friend. Ideals vanish upon impact with the big city. The film, which flopped, is “Lattuada’s most Neorealist work, also because of the pathos that runs through it”. (Adriano Aprà)
Director
Alberto Lattuada
Screenplay
Alberto Lattuada, Giorgio Prosperi, Jean Blondel
Producer
Silvio Clementelli
Cinematography
Leonida Barboni
Editing
Mario Serandrei
Music
Mario Nascimbene
Production
Société Générale de Cinématographie
Titanus
International sales
Titanus
Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
