Ignorance Is Bliss

Name: Ignorance Is Bliss
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2017-02-23
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Marco Giallini, Alessandro Gassmann, Valeria Bilello, Carolina Crescentini, Teresa Romagnoli

2017·Movie·102 min·★ 5.9(458)

Comedy

Ernesto and Filippo, two high school teachers, couldn’t be more different: Filippo is a cheerful liberal who is constantly online. Handsome and youthful, he is a serial seducer on the social networks. Ernesto, instead is a stern conservative, rigorously computerless. He is probably the last person around who still has a first-generation cell phone and his teaching methods are very traditional. They used to be best friends but an unresolved fight kept them far apart, until the day fate intervened and they found themselves teaching at the same school. Their opposite viewpoints will soon and inevitably lead to a new clash. The internet will force them to deal with their past, which resurfaces in the shape of Nina, a young woman who conducts an experiment on them: Filippo must try to leave the world of Internet and Ernesto must try to enter it.

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About Ignorance Is Bliss

Ignorance Is Bliss is a 2017 Italian-language comedy film directed by Massimiliano Bruno. The cast is led by Marco Giallini, Alessandro Gassmann, Valeria Bilello. It has a runtime of 1h 42m. Viewers rate it 5.9/10 across 500 ratings. In United States, it is available to rent or buy on Amazon Video.

Ignorance Is Bliss was produced by Italian International Film and RAI Cinema and made in Italy. It was released on February 23, 2017.

Director: Massimiliano Bruno
Writers: Herbert Simone Paragnani, Massimiliano Bruno, Gianni Corsi
Release date: February 23, 2017
Original language: Italian
Status: Released
Country: Italy
Production: Italian International Film, RAI Cinema

Ignorance Is Bliss cast & crew

Ignorance Is Bliss was directed by Massimiliano Bruno and written by Herbert Simone Paragnani, Massimiliano Bruno, and Gianni Corsi.

The cast features Marco Giallini as Ernesto, Alessandro Gassmann as Filippo, Valeria Bilello as Margherita, Carolina Crescentini as Marianna, Teresa Romagnoli as Nina, and Michela Andreozzi as Dott.ssa Andreoli.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Maurizio Filardo, cinematography is by Alessandro Pesci, and it was produced by Federica Lucisano and Fulvio Lucisano.

Is Ignorance Is Bliss worth watching?

Ignorance Is Bliss holds an audience score of 5.9/10 from 458 ratings, a more divisive comedy films.

At 1h 42m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy comedy, Ignorance Is Bliss is worth a place on your watchlist.

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