A Year of School

Plot

2007. Fred, a 17-year-old girl who just moved from Sweden to Northeast Italy, enrolls for her high school senior year—finding herself the only female student in an all-male class. Lively and good-looking, she quickly becomes the center of attention, especially for three classmates: Antero, charming and reserved; Pasini, a cocky womanizer; Mitis, gruff and sagacious. The three have been best friends for as long as they can remember, but Fred's arrival puts their longstanding bond to the test. As each of the guys secretly desires Fred for himself, she yearns to be accepted into the group and be considered 'one of them', but is asked to sacrifice more and more in order to belong.

About A Year of School

A Year of School (Italian: Un anno di scuola) is a 2025 coming-of-age drama film directed by Laura Samani, co-written by Samani and Elisa Dondi, and loosely based on the 1929 novella One Year of School by Giani Stuparich. Set in 2007 Trieste, updated from the novella's 1909, the plot follows a Swedish girl who enrolls in an Italian high school and befriends three of her all-male classmates. It draws from Samani's personal experience growing up in Trieste, as well as having read Stuparich's novella while studying at the liceo classico where it is set. It stars newcomers Stella Wendick, Giacomo Covi, Pietro Giustolisi and Samuel Volturno. The film had its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 31 August 2025, where Covi won the section's Best Actor prize. It will be released in Italy by Lucky Red.

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