On the eve of graduation, a group of Roman high school students find themselves living their last great adventure together. With Sabrina Ferilli, the feared professor dealing with Gen Z’s eco-anxiety and digital relationships
Twenty years later the generational cult signed Fausto Brizzicomes to the cinema Night Before of the exams 3.0this time directed by Tommaso Renzoniwhich he wrote together with Brizzi himself. In theaters from March 19th with 01 Distribution. Still maturity upon us, first loves and adolescent emotions experienced with doubled intensity.
It’s in the cast Sabrina Ferilli as the much feared Professor Castelli dealing with Gen Z (and her parents). And then Gianmarco Tognazzithe YouTuber Thomas Cassissathe comic content creator Adriano Moretti, Alice Lupparelli, Alice Maselli, Aleandro Falciglia… Directly from the successes of Sanremo, also Toe in the sore among the actors. With the extraordinary participation of Antonello Venditti in the role of himself.
Night before exams 3.0: the plot
On the eve of graduation, a group of Roman high school students finds himself living his last great adventure together: secret loves, betrayals, friendships put to the test and desperate plans to deceive the most feared teacher in the school.
Between clandestine parties, scooters whizzing through the night and an impromptu trip to Macerata, Giulio (Cassissa) and his friends will have to face the transition to adulthood discovering that growing up also means making mistakes, forgiving and having the courage to finally tell the truth.
Gen Z protagonist with its concerns
«Everyone remembers their final exam. It’s there borderline between youth and the rest of lifebetween the protected world of school and the uncertainties of the future. This film was born from the urgency of telling what it means to face that rite of passage today – with all the load of expectations, fears and absurdities that it brings with it”, the words of Tommaso Renzoni.
«At the center of the story is the Generation Zwith its marvelous concerns: eco-anxiety and new forms of relationships, digital identity and artificial intelligence used as if it were the most knowledgeable classmate in the class. Universal and contemporary themes, which make this passage even more fragile, complex and comical.”
The heart of the film is the contrast between authenticity and fiction. The kids create a fake online profile to deceive a teacher, and in this game of mirrors the most urgent question of their generation is reflected: who are we really, when our identity always passes through a filter?
The words of Fausto Brizzi
«When we were shooting the first film we didn’t imagine that those characters would remain in the hearts of spectators for so long. That Luca Molinari, his maturity, his fears, his crushes, his friends, would become for many spectators the Polaroid of that moment in which you are no longer a boy but you are not yet truly an adult”, said Brizzi, who directed Night before exams (2006) e Night before exams – Today (2007).
«Returning to that story today was exactly like opening an old box of family photos, finding Giorgio (who is always in my thoughts), Nicolas and Cristiana, and all the other kids in my wonderful cast. I noticed that the themes are the same as then: friendship, love, fear of the future, the feeling that everything is about to happen right at that moment. Just that the world around them has changed».
In this exclusive clip an excerpt from the film Night before exams 3.0. with Sabrina Ferilli and Tommaso Cassissa.
