The First Assignment

Story

Synopsis

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

Yang Li Xiang, Giorgia Cecere, Pierpaolo Pirone

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

Release date

6 May 2011

Ensemble

Cast

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  Isabella Ragonese

  Nena

• Alberto Boll

  Francesco

• Francesco Chiarello

  Giovanni

• Miriana Protopapa

  Sorella di Nena

• Rita Schirinzi

  Madre di Nena

• Vigea Bechis Boll

  Cristiana

• Bianca Maria Stea Lindholm

  Donna Carla

• Antonio Fumarola

  Domenico