A World Apart

2024 · directed by Riccardo Milani

Rating
65/100
Hit
no

Elementary school teacher Michele Cortese is about to start a whole new life. After 40 years of teaching in the metropolitan Roman jungle, he had to move to a village in Central Italy, to teach in a tiny school with just a few children aged 7-10. Struggling to overcome his urban inadequacy, he finds a friendly face in vice-principal Agnese and gradually manages to fit in, thanks to her and their spirited pupils. As everything seems to be falling into place, unwelcome news comes through: the school has failed to meet its student quota for the next year and will soon be shut for good.

A World Apart (2024), directed by Riccardo Milani, rates 65/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Antonio Albanese
  • Virginia Raffaele
  • Sergio Saltarelli
  • Alessandra Barbonetti
  • Solidea Pistilli
  • Sergio Meogrossi
  • Corrado Oddi
  • Gianmarco Borsa
  • Guglielmo Casale
  • Enzo De Sanctis

Crew

  • Saverio Guarna — Director of Photography
  • Francesco Renda — Editor
  • Patrizia Ceresani — Editor
  • Michele Astori — Writer
  • Riccardo Milani — Writer

More from Riccardo Milani

  1. Thank You Guys (2023) — 70/100
  2. Life Is Life (2025) — 69/100
  3. Auguri professore (1997) — 66/100
  4. Run to You (2022) — 66/100
  5. Do You See Me? (2014) — 64/100
  6. Like a Cat on a Highway (2017) — 64/100

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