Ignorance Is Bliss

2017 1h 42m IT

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 459

Comedy

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Marco Giallini
Ernesto
Alessandro Gassmann
Filippo
Valeria Bilello
Margherita
Carolina Crescentini
Marianna
Teresa Romagnoli
Nina
Michela Andreozzi
Dott.ssa Andreoli
Alessandro Di Carlo
bidello
Pietro De Silva
Ulderico

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Massimiliano Bruno
Writers: Herbert Simone Paragnani, Massimiliano Bruno, Gianni Corsi
Languages: Italian, Spanish
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, Spanish.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Massimiliano Bruno, shot by Alessandro Pesci. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Maurizio Filardo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Consuelo Catucci shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Marco Giallini and Alessandro Gassmann and Valeria Bilello carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6197094 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Massimiliano Bruno directs. Alessandro Pesci behind the camera. Maurizio Filardo scores. Consuelo Catucci cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian, Spanish.

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1Released 9 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, Spanish.
3Directed by Massimiliano Bruno, shot by Alessandro Pesci. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Maurizio Filardo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Consuelo Catucci shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Marco Giallini and Alessandro Gassmann and Valeria Bilello carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt6197094 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.