[1] For her performance Giovanna Mezzogiorno won the Pasinetti Award at the 55th Venice International Film Festival[2] and the 1999 Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress,[3] while her co-star Fabrizio Bentivoglio was awarded David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor.

[4] The Mezzogiorno's character is inspired by teacher Liliana Rossi.

[5] In the 1950s a young teacher, close to the ideals of the left, tries to help the most vulnerable people through teaching.

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