Ciao, Professore!

Ciao, Professore!

R 1992 · 93 min · ★ 7.2 · Comedy

A bureaucratic snafu sends Marco Tullio Sperelli, a portly, middle-aged northern Italian, to teach third grade in a poor town outside Naples

Directed by Lina Wertmüller · Written by Leonardo Benvenuti

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