Elementary school teacher Michele Cortese is about to start a whole new life. After 40 years of teaching in the metropolitan Roman jungle, he had to move to a village in Central Italy, to teach in a tiny school with just a few children aged 7-10. Struggling to overcome his urban inadequacy, he finds a friendly face in vice-principal Agnese and gradually manages to fit in, thanks to her and their spirited pupils. As everything seems to be falling into place, unwelcome news comes through: the school has failed to meet its student quota for the next year and will soon be shut for good.

2007 film by Luca Rea

2011 film by Dario Baldi

2023 film directed by Fabio De Luigi

An elderly shepherd takes on big business when he becomes the only holdout against property developers building a luxury resort in his tiny Sardinian village.

弗朗西斯和克劳迪娅是一对好朋友，他是一个律师，她是一个兽医。他们之间无话不谈，直到约翰的出现。克劳迪娅决定嫁给约翰，这时候弗朗西斯才发现自己对克劳迪娅的感情不仅仅是友情。

影片讲述了一位面对困苦不低头并用自己的方式坚持理想的草根人物，阐释了个人获得幸福所需的最重要的品质——善良和坚韧。影片以平民视角让人们重新认识意大利人倡导的美德，并用辛辣的方式讽刺社会丑恶现象。