The School Teacher

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L'insegnante
The School Teacher
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Directed by Nando Cicero
Written byTito Carpi
Nando Cicero
Produced byLuciano Martino
Starring Edwige Fenech
Vittorio Caprioli
Alvaro Vitali
CinematographyGiancarlo Ferrando
Edited by Eugenio Alabiso
Music by Guido De Angelis
Maurizio De Angelis
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

L'insegnante (internationally released as The School Teacher and Sexy Schoolteacher) is a 1975 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Nando Cicero. The film had a great commercial success [1] [2] and generated an "Insegnante" (Schoolteacher) film series, that consists of six titles, three of them starred by Edwige Fenech in the main role. [1] L'insegnante represents the first major role for Alvaro Vitali, who in a short time would become a star of the genre. [1] Fenech reprises the name of Giovanna from her previous box-office hit Giovannona Long-Thigh . [1] The film was followed by The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High .

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Plot

A rich Sicilian: Fefè Mottola, decides to call a wealthy girl graduate: Giovanna, who is about to become a teacher, because his son needs repetitions. The boy, named Franco, is shocked by the physical beauty of the teacher, and so to restrain himself decides to pose as gay. But the deception does not last long, because the sexual impulses of Alfredo explode.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer, 1999.
  2. Andrea Di Quarto, Michele Giordano. Moana e le altre. Gremese Editore, 1997.