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The film is set in an Italian high school in the late 80′s. It is the summer of 1989 and Luca (Nicolas Vaporidis) and his mates are about to leave high school, as long as they pass their exams! Fully expecting never having to put up with his horrid literature teacher, Antonio Martinelli, again, Luca decides to tell him exactly what he thinks of him. But Professor Martinelli informs Luca that, owing to a colleague’s illness, he will now be in charge of the exams.  Luca’s social life isn’t much better, although his friends are what matters to him. One night, at a party, Luca meets the girl of his dreams, Claudia (Cristiana Capotondi), but before he can get her phone number, she is whisked away by her thuggish boyfriend Cesare (Marco Aceti). But Luca and Claudia will meet again, in a totally unpredictable way.

A classic italian teen movie. Con’t miss it Wednesday the 26 of May on Rai Italia at 8:00 PM (eastern)

Don’t miss Bakhita : the story of a Saint on Raitilia

1948. Aurora Marin arrives at the convent of the Canossian Sisters of Schio, where Sister Bakhita has just died, and recalls the incredible life of the woman who raised her. Born in a village in Sudan, kidnapped by slave traders and sold to Marin, a Venetian merchant, Bakhita becomes the nanny of Aurora, who lost her mother at birth. Violently opposed by the peasants and the other servants, Bakhita embraces the catholic faith thanks to the village priest, but Marin who doesn’t want to give her up, tracks her down. It will lead to a court case that raised an uproar and to Bakhita’s decision to become a nun. Pope John Paul II, in 2000, will declare her a saint.

Bakhita (drama) 2008 (Wednesday 4/8 and Friday 4/10 at 8 p.m.)   With Stefania Rocca

On Raitilia in the USA thanks Dishnetwork Panorama Italiano