A YEAR OF SCHOOL

by Laura Samani

Italy, France
DCP; Color; 103′
1:1.5 – Dolby
Year: 2025
Genre: Coming-of-age
Shooting language: Italian, English, Swedish

Synopsis

September 2007. From her home in Sweden, Fred moves to Trieste on the Adriatic Sea with her father, who has taken a new management job in the Northeastern Italian city. Feisty and curious, she enrolls in the local Technical High School for her Senior Year, finding herself as the only girl in an all-male class. She quickly becomes the center of attention, especially for three friends: the fascinating and reserved Antero, the outgoing womanizer Pasini, and the sweet and protective Mitis. The three have been a unit for as long as they can remember. Fred’s arrival disrupts their equilibrium and puts their longstanding friendship to the test. As each of the boys secretly desires Fred for himself, she yearns to be accepted into their circle and become one of them. But to truly belong, she is asked to sacrifice more and more.

Crew

Producers
Nadia Trevisan, Alberto Fasulo, Thomas Lambert
Story
Laura Samani, Elisa Dondi
Screenplay
Elisa Dondi, Laura Samani
Freely adapted on
Un anno di scuola by Giani Stuparic
Edizioni Quodlibet
Cinematography
Inès Tabarin
Production design
Federica Bologna
Editing
Chiara Dainese
Costume design
Loredana Buscemi
Sound
Luca Bertolin
Danilo Romancino
Sound design
Riccardo Spagnol
Mix
Vincent Arnardi
Music Supervisor
Francesco Menegat

Cast

STELLA WENDICK – Fred
GIACOMO COVI – Antero
PIETRO GIUSTOLISI – Pasini
SAMUEL VOLTURNO – Mitis

Production

Produced by
Nefertiti Film with Rai Cinema

Co-produced by
Tomsa Films with ARTE France Cinéma

Italian distribution
LUCKY RED

International distribution
RAI CINEMA INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION

Supported by
MIC – DIREZIONE GENERALE CINEMA E AUDIOVISIVO
EURIMAGES
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA FILM COMMISSION – PROMOTURISMO FVG
FONDO PER L’AUDIOVISIVO DEL FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA
RÉGION ÎLE-DE-FRANCE / PARIS RÉGION
AIDE AUX CINÉMAS DU MONDE
CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE
INSTITUT FRANÇAIS

With the participation of
ARTE FRANCE
ARIZONA DISTRIBUTION

Press Office Italy

Viviana Ronzitti,
Kinoweb

International Press Office

Claudia Tomassini