Movies like The Teacher from Vigevano
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The Teacher from Vigevano (1963)
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Original name: Il maestro di Vigevano
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Primary school teacher Mr. Mombelli, nevertheless satisfied with his life, is driven by his wife to resign and starting a new activity. He invest all his goodwill setting up a footwear little factory. But after some time, unexpectedly, a financial review by fiscal authorities drive the firm to ruin. Ada, his wife, starts to be unfaithful and this is another strong hit to his life. But it isn't still enough, a tragedy is waiting Mombelli behind the corner.
Style:
surprise ending, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot:
school, prostitute, teacher, entrepreneur, dream, entrepreneurship, father son relationship, factory, nightmare, humiliation, surrealism, loss of wife, taxes, extramarital affair, retiring, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, shoes, classroom
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
italy
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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