The First Assignment (2011)
Nena, a girl from the south of Italy, has to travel far from home to get her first job as a teacher. She is sad, not because she has to leave her mother and sister, with whom everything is clear and sometimes difficult, but because she is having a serious love affair with someone from her village to whom she is very committed: a young upper-middle class man who seems to sincerely feel the same. They promise that nothing will change between them. It is only until June and then she can ask for a transfer. And so she leaves, a little sad and a little curious about what is in store for her. But what she finds is completely different from what she imagined.
Director:
Giorgia Cecere
Writers:
Pierpaolo Pirone, Yang Li Xiang, Giorgia Cecere.
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Isabella Ragonese as Nena |
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Alberto Boll as Francesco |
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Francesco Chiarello as Giovanni |
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Miriana Protopapa as Sorella di Nena |
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Rita Schirinzi as Madre di Nena |
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Vigea Bechis Boll as Cristiana |
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Bianca Maria Stea Lindholm as Donna Carla |
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Antonio Fumarola as Domenico |
| Writing | Pierpaolo Pirone | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yang Li Xiang | Screenplay |
| Camera | Gianni Troilo | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Donatello Pisanello | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Giorgia Cecere | Director |
| Writing | Giorgia Cecere | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Akiko Kusayanagi | Costume Design |
| Editing | Annalisa Forgione | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sabrina Beretta | Costumer |