Ignorance Is Bliss (2017)
Ernesto and Filippo, two high school teachers, couldn’t be more different: Filippo is a cheerful liberal who is constantly online. Handsome and youthful, he is a serial seducer on the social networks. Ernesto, instead is a stern conservative, rigorously computerless. He is probably the last person around who still has a first-generation cell phone and his teaching methods are very traditional. They used to be best friends but an unresolved fight kept them far apart, until the day fate intervened and they found themselves teaching at the same school. Their opposite viewpoints will soon and inevitably lead to a new clash. The internet will force them to deal with their past, which resurfaces in the shape of Nina, a young woman who conducts an experiment on them: Filippo must try to leave the world of Internet and Ernesto must try to enter it.
Director:
Massimiliano Bruno
Writers:
Herbert Simone Paragnani, Massimiliano Bruno, Gianni Corsi.
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Marco Giallini as Ernesto |
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Alessandro Gassmann as Filippo |
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Valeria Bilello as Margherita |
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Carolina Crescentini as Marianna |
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Teresa Romagnoli as Nina |
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Michela Andreozzi as Dott.ssa Andreoli |
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Alessandro Di Carlo as bidello |
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Pietro De Silva as Ulderico |
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Roberta Fiorentini as Nonna Binetti |
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Luciano Scarpa as Meyer |
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Massimiliano Bruno as Osvaldo |
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Luca Angeletti as Nazi |
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Emanuela Fanelli as Iris |
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Giuseppe Ragone as Gianluca |
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Malvina Ruggiano as Costanza |
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Susy Laude as Sig. ra Zaccarelli |
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Massimo De Lorenzo as il preside |
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Teodoro Giambanco as Lorenzo |
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Maria Vittoria Argenti as Chiara Zaccarelli |
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Pina Bellano as Infermiera |
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Sara Beccarini as Manuela Palletta |
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Gabriele Berti as Attanasio |
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Massimiliano Franciosa as Fabio Galante |
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Maurizio Lops as Santoruvogol |
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Urbano Lione as Padre Filippo |
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Daniele Locci as Passante |
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Sergio Zecca as Drugo |
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Carlo Viani as Vigile del fuoco |
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Guglielmo Poggi as Binetti |
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Micol Pavoncello as Lalla84 |
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Maria Teresa Campus as Silvia |
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Alessia Capua as Screponi |
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Enzo Garinei as |
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Jacopo Iebba as Ernesto |
| Editing | Elisa Cirella | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Luciano Cammerieri | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Herbert Simone Paragnani | Screenplay |
| Writing | Massimiliano Bruno | Story |
| Production | Cristina Raffaeli | Casting |
| Crew | Federico Cioccolanti | Post Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Giuseppe De Tullio | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Giovanna Cacciatore | Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Sebastiano De Pascalis | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Thomas Giorgi | Sound Effects Editor |
| Editing | Consuelo Catucci | Editor |
| Camera | Riccardo Serravalli | Key Grip |
| Sound | Enrico Pellegrini | Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Monica Galantucci | Visual Effects Producer |
| Production | Rita Tamantini | Production Manager |
| Camera | Andrea Bonini | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Laura Greco | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Sebastiano De Pascalis | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Luciano Lucchi | Line Producer |
| Sound | Maurizio Filardo | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mauro Eusepi | Foley Artist |
| Production | Giulio Steve | Delegated Producer |
| Visual Effects | Mauro Maccari | VFX Supervisor |
| Writing | Herbert Simone Paragnani | Story |
| Production | Francesco Colicigno | Location Manager |
| Production | Stefano Daniele | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Gianluca Iaschi | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Gianni Corsi | Story |
| Camera | Alessandro Pesci | Director of Photography |
| Art | Sonia Peng | Production Design |
| Sound | Candido Raini | Sound |
| Camera | Andrea Legnani | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Alberto Padoan | Boom Operator |
| Writing | Massimiliano Bruno | Screenplay |
| Directing | Riccardo Antonaroli | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Simone Braguglia | Assistant Production Design |
| Lighting | Manolo Catini | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cristina Amadio | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Gianni Corsi | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto Moretti | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ermanno Spera | Makeup Department Head |
| Directing | Cinzia Liberati | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marta Tarulli | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Andrea Lancia | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Barbara Giordani | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Armido Pezzato | Hair Department Head |
| Camera | Marco Cuzzupoli | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Federica Lucisano | Producer |
| Directing | Massimiliano Bruno | Director |
| Production | Fulvio Lucisano | Producer |