

Based on the Catalan format Merlí by Hector Lozano, produced by Veranda for TV3 Lagardère Studios Distribution. Dante Balestra is a philosophy teacher who, after many years away, returns to Rome to care for his son Simone. Charming and unconventional, the teacher takes a class at the Leonardo Da Vinci High School, where he applies his unconventional teaching methods and develops a very special relationship with his students, including Simone. But his approach quickly leads to his personal and professional lives becoming confused, and the return from the past of Anita, a former flame of his and now the mother of Manuel, the class "black sheep," makes things even more complicated.

Alessandro Gassmann
Dante Balestra

Claudia Pandolfi
Anita

Nicolas Maupas
Simone Balestra

Damiano Gavino
Manuel

Christiane Filangieri
Floriana

Francesca Cavallin
Cecilia

Paolo Conticini
Ettore

Federica Cifola
Preside Ada Sermiglio

Alessio De Lorenzi
Giuseppe Palombo detto "Pin"
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