A World Apart (Un Mondo A Parte) Noosa Sun Matinee Closing film for 2024 in Noosa
Sun, 08 Dec
|Noosa Heads
A teacher transfers to a remote village in Abruzzo only to find its school is threatened with closure. He slowly endears himself to the locals and comes up with an unlikely solution to keep it open. This comedy-drama is "the undisputed Italian box office champion of 2024 " Rome Central


Time & Location
08 Dec 2024, 2:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Noosa Heads, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, Australia
About the Event
A World Apart film trailer HERE
M 112 min Director Riccardo Milani Cast Antonio Albanese, Virginia Raffaele, Sergio Saltarelli, Alessandra Barbonetti, Solidea Pistilli
A box office hit in Italy, this heartwarming dramatic comedy from experienced director Riccardo Milani explores small town life and the power of education. After 40 years of teaching in the metropolitan jungle of Rome, primary school teacher Michele Cortese played with aplomb by Antonio Albanese moves to an idyllic village in the heart of the Abruzzo National Park, to teach at a tiny school with only a handful of students .
He struggles to overcome the challenges of small-town life to entertaining results but finds a friendly face in vice-principal Agnese (Virginia Raffaele) and gradually adapts, thanks to her and their spirited pupils.
However, when all seems well, unwelcome news arrives: the school has failed to meet its student enrolment quota for the next year and…