Innocenza

by Villi Hermann

In a Swiss village near a Lake a new schoolteacher arrives. She is beautiful, self-confident and for this she is mistrusted. Two of her favorite students fall madly in love with her and she teases them, turning kittenish and provocative, during private lessons. Despite the rivality that the situation creates between the two boys, they stick together to defend her when the time comes.

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DATA SHEET

Orginal title:

Innocenza

Year:

1986

Length (min.):

90'

Original language:

Italiano

Subtitles:

Tedesco, Francese, Inglese, Spagnolo

Production:

Imago Film Lugano

Co-Producers:

Radio Televisione della Svizzera italiana (SSR / RTSI)

Distributors:

Imagofilm Lugano

With the support of:

DFI, Ufficio federale della cultura, Canton Ticino, DPE, Commissione culturale, Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, Jubiläums-Stiftung der Schweizerischen Bankgesellschaft, Città di Lugano, Stanley Thomas Jo , Società di Banca Svizzera, Volkart Stiftung, Mövenpick Luganella, Pro Grigioni italiano

Facts & Figures:

Prima mondiale: Mostra Internazionale del cinema di Venezia, sezione “Spazio libero degli autori”, Settembre 1986, Italia

Festivals
(selection):

56. Festival di Soletta (online edition), 2021
64° Festival del film Locarno, 2011
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, 1988
Cairo international film festival 1987
Festival di Locarno 1987
Journée Conématographiques Orleans 1986
Giornate Cinematografiche di Soletta, 1986
Mostra internazionale del cinema di Venezia 1986

Official website:

Imagofilm Lugano

CONTACT

Imago Film Lugano

SYNOPSIS

The setting is a small Swiss town in the 50s. A pretty new schoolteacher (Enrica Maria Modugno) arrives and stirs up the dormant sexuality of her young pupils. The mayor of the village (Alessandro Haber) has an eye on her too, but she has interests of her own. In class she’s strict, but when she gives private lessons to her “favorites” she turns kittenish and provocative. Luca is chosen to do special sessions and falls madly in love with her. But when the teacher’s teasing has reached its peak, she sends him away and chooses his best friend Titta to take his place. The rivals fight each other bitterly but stick together to defend their teacher in the end…

LOCATION

Lugano and surroundings

Mendrisio, Chiasso and surroundings

COLLECTIONS

Locarno Film Festival

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CAST & CREW

Direction:

Villi Hermann

Film script:

Villi Hermann, Angelo Gregorio

Cast:

Enrica Maria Modugno, Alessandro Haber, Teco Celio, Sonia Gessner, Marino Campanaro, Franco Serena, Patrick Tacchella, Ian Verda

Director of photography:

Hugues Ryffel

Scenography:

Raffaella Leggeri

Costumes:

Sylvia De Stoutz

Makeup:

Esmé Sciaroni

Sound:

Felix Singer

Editing:

Claudio Cormio

Sound editing:

Florian Eidenbenz

Music:

Graziano Mandozzi

Producers:

Villi Hermann

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