Italian Movie Night at Gallery 40
Mon, Jan 12
|Gallery 40
Join us Monday, January 12 at 7:00PM to watch the classic "Ciao, Professore!" in Italian (with English subtitles) at Gallery 40, 40 Cannon St, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Time & Location
Jan 12, 2026, 7:00 PM
Gallery 40, 40 Cannon St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
About the Event
Ciao, Professore! (Hello, Professor!)
1992 Comedy
Run time: 1h 40m
Director: Lina Wertmüller
The film is about what happens when a primary school teacher from northern Italy, Marco Sperelli (Paolo Villaggio), gets mistakenly transferred to a school in the southern village of Corzano. Marco doesn’t want to be in this hothouse community of tiny truants, and for a long time his teaching job consists of rounding up his students in the streets and plunking them down in his classroom. Marco isn’t a strict disciplinarian—he tries to reach his students by appealing to their best instincts—but it’s only after he slaps one of them that he gains their respect. (He regrets both the slap and the respect it earns him.) Because he cares about the children he becomes a hero to them.
In Italian with English subtitles. Suggested donation $5.