
Ignorance Is Bliss
Seen it?2017 | 102 min | Comedy
Why it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and mixed reviews, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 42 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
Mixed reviews
- AudiencesBelow par
5.8 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a modest audience
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Massimiliano Bruno
- Marco GialliniErnesto
- Alessandro GassmannFilippo
- Valeria BilelloMargherita
- Carolina CrescentiniMarianna
- Teresa RomagnoliNina
- Michela AndreozziDott.ssa Andreoli
- Alessandro Di Carlobidello
- Pietro De SilvaUlderico
- Roberta FiorentiniNonna Binetti
- Luciano ScarpaMeyer

