The Catholic School

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The Catholic School
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La scuola cattolica
Directed by	Stefano Mordini
Screenplay by	Massimo Gaudioso Luca Infascelli Stefano Mordini
Based on	The Catholic School by Edoardo Albinati
Produced by	Roberto Sessa
Starring	Valeria Golino Riccardo Scamarcio Jasmine Trinca Benedetta Porcaroli Giulio Pranno Federica Torchetti Fabrizio Gifuni Fausto Russo Alesi Valentina Cervi
Cinematography	Luigi Martinucci
Edited by	Massimo Fiocchi
Music by	Andrea Guerra
Production company	Picomedia
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	6 September 2021 (2021-09-06) (Venice) 7 October 2021 (2021-10-07) (Italy)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Catholic School (Italian: La scuola cattolica) is a 2021 Italian drama film directed by Stefano Mordini. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Edoardo Albinati and is based on the 1975 Circeo massacre. It premiered out of competition at the 78th Venice Film Festival, and was released in Italy on 7 October 2021.

Cast

Benedetta Porcaroli as Donatella Colasanti
Giulio Pranno [it] as Andrea Ghira [it]
Emanuele Maria Di Stefano as Edoardo Albinati
Giulio Fochetti as Alessandro Arbus
Leonardo Ragazzini as Salvatore Izzo
Alessandro Cantalini as Picchiatello Martirolo
Andrea Lintozzi as Gioachino Rummo
Guido Quaglione as Stefano Jervi
Federica Torchetti as Rosaria
Luca Vergoni as Angelo Izzo [it]
Francesco Cavallo as Gianni Guido [it]
Angelica Elli as Leda Arbus
Corrado Invernizzi as the Principal
Gianluca Guidi [it] as Ludovico Arbus
Fabrizio Gifuni as Golgota
Fausto Russo Alesi as Davide Rummo
Valentina Cervi as Eleonora Rummo
Valeria Golino as Ilaria Arbus
Riccardo Scamarcio as Raffaele Guido
Jasmine Trinca as Coralla Martirolo
Nicolò Galasso as Marco D'Avenia
Elena Arvigo [it; ro] as Anna Izzo
Beatrice Spata as Lia Rummo
Sofia Iacuitto as Monica
Maria Rosaria Mingione as Nadia
Margherita Rebeggiani as Sara
Sergio Romano [it; ro] as Professor Cosmo
Marco Sincini [it] as Curzio
Giulio Tropea as Gian Pietro Parboni Arquati
Alessio Montesi as Marco Romoli

Reception

The Catholic School has an approval rating of 14% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews.

References

↑ "'La scuola cattolica' vietato ai minori di 18 anni. Il regista: "Incomprensibile la censura. Il film è dalla parte delle vittime"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
↑ Giampaolo, Claudia (6 September 2021). "La scuola cattolica, Stefano Mordini porta a Venezia il delitto del Circeo". Ciak Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
↑ "The Catholic School | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.

External links

The Catholic School at IMDb

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