Il professor Cenerentolo

Il professor Cenerentolo (lit. 'Professor Cinderella') is a 2015 Italian comedy film written, directed and performed by Leonardo Pieraccioni. The scenes of the film were shot in Lazio, between Rome, Formia, Gaeta and Ventotene. It was Pieraccioni's first film not being set in his homeland of Tuscany. The cast also includes Laura Chiatti, Massimo Ceccherini and Flavio Insinna.

Plot

Umberto Massaciuccoli is an engineer who attempted a bank robbery to avoid the bankruptcy of his business; the robbery, however, fails miserably and Umberto is thus arrested and sentenced to a period of detention in the Ventotene prison. When his term approaches the end, the man is given permission to work part-time outside the penitentiary. He is employed in a library and also tutors the prison director's daughter, who should soon graduate.

One evening, during a socio-cultural event open to the public, Umberto meets Morgana, a fascinating dance teacher. Umberto's nickname "professor" among the other inmates makes the girl believe that he is there as an educator, not a prisoner. Taking advantage of the misunderstanding, Umberto begins to date her during the time actually assigned for his job in the library. He must always return to jail by midnight though.