Un Professore
Based on the Catalan format Merlí by Hector Lozano, produced by Veranda for TV3 Lagardère Studios Distribution. Dante Balestra is a philosophy teacher who, after many years away, returns to Rome to care for his son Simone. Charming and unconventional, the teacher takes a class at the Leonardo Da Vinci High School, where he applies his unconventional teaching methods and develops a very special relationship with his students, including Simone. But his approach quickly leads to his personal and professional lives becoming confused, and the return from the past of Anita, a former flame of his and now the mother of Manuel, the class "black sheep," makes things even more complicated.
Episodes
Socrates
Dante returns to Rome and immediately takes his students to heart.
Roland Barthes
Dante visits Pin, a student who hasn't left home for months.
Kant
Danye meets Cecilia, a parent representative and Aureliano's mother, and is immediately smitten.
Giordano Bruno
Convinced that Simone and Manuel are not telling the truth, Dante takes the class to Campo dei Fiori.
Michel Foucault
Dante presents a lesson on Michel Focault, a sociologist persecuted for his homosexuality.
Stuart Mill
Dante's relationship with Cecilia breaks down after Aureliano finds out.
Schopenhauer
Simone returns from Glasgow and organizes a clandestine party at school for her birthday.
Rousseau
Dante takes the class to the Colosseum and presents a lesson on Rousseau.
Top Cast
Alessandro Gassmann
Dante Balestra
Claudia Pandolfi
Anita
Nicolas Maupas
Simone Balestra
Damiano Gavino
Manuel
Christiane Filangieri
Floriana
Francesca Cavallin
Cecilia
Paolo Conticini
Ettore
Federica Cifola
Preside Ada Sermiglio
Alessio De Lorenzi
Giuseppe Palombo detto "Pin"
