My Class Soundtrack (2013)
Synopsis
The seemingly simple story of a sympathetic veteran teacher giving Italian lessons to a weekly class of diverse immigrants is given infinitely more depth and complexity by the way director Daniele Gaglianone interprets his story. Blurring the lines between reality and fiction, truth and artifice, and between documentary and drama, Gaglianone has created a film within a film. The apparent artifice of Gaglianone's team is seen using professionals, including celebrated film actor Valerio Mastandrea as a teacher, intertwined with "real" immigrant protagonists, who are studying the language to improve their chances of employment and obtaining a permanent residence permit. Thus, in the course of the lessons there is simultaneously the painful and disturbing relationship of the students' personal stories, but also humor, as they interact and share their humanity, bridging cultural differences, united in their struggle to make a better life for themselves. them.
