D.fter last year’s raid in the 70’s, The college go even further back in time, up to 1958. This year will be the protagonist of the docu-reality at the start tonight at 21.20 on Rai 2 with the seventh edition. A journey into the past that students will have to face with seriousness and a spirit of adaptation.
The college 7Nino Frassica and new professors
Between Announcements of the program, of which some advances are available in pills on RaiPlaythere is narrator by Nino Frassica. Called in place of Giancarlo Magalli to illustrate the student life, and beyond, of the students catapulted in 1958. A change that marks a new course for the program, Magalli has held the role for five out of six editions, absent only in 2019, when he was replaced Simona Ventura.
His release, however, did not cause as much sensation as that of Maria Rosa Petolicchio: severe math and science teacher present from the second to the sixth edition. And what about Instagram he writes: «From the chair of The College 5 to meet you tonight, same time and same network. I will be there and I will cheer for all the insiders“. So surprises on the way? With regard to the rest of the teaching staff, additional ones are planned new entrywhich are in addition to the reconfirmed professors. Finally, the big news de The college 7 concerns the division of pupils into two sections.
“The College 7”. (Rai)
Two schools, two sections
On the one hand, a middle school class where Latin is studied. On the other hand, a vocational training school. The division follows that foreseen in 1958. At the time, in fact, the lower secondary school offered two paths, depending on the path that the student would have chosen later. The program is set in Regina Margherita College of Anagni. For the entire duration of their stay, the 20 students will live in the boarding school, of which they will have to observe the strict regulations. To ensure compliance with the diktats, the professors, the principal and the upright overseers.
Of all, the latter are the figures with which students lash out more easily. Edition after edition, they never fail the outbursts, the tears and the tears arising from the intervention of the overseers, starting with the feared one haircut. The first step to fully enter the atmosphere of the time. Among the reconfirmations, Lucia Gravantethe overseer whose watchful eye is impossible to escape.
The college 7: the students
The two classes of the docu-reality are made up of 20 students in all. 11 boys and 9 girls aged between 14 and 17 who will return to sit on the desks of middle school. It is about: Alessandro Bosatelli14; Davide Cagnes17; Mattia Camorani15; David Di Franco, 16; Apollinaire Manfredi14; Tommaso Miglietta14; Alessandro Orlando17; Mattia Patanè16; Gabriel Rennis16; Samuel Rosica14, and Damiano Severoni, 16.
The students are: Alessia Abruscia14; Elisa Angius15; Sofia Brixel16; Marta Maria Erriquez16; Zelda Nobili15; Priscilla Savoldelli15, Giada Scognamillo17; Luna Note15, and Giulia Wnekowicz14. Everyone will wear The uniform. Knee-length gray trousers, light blue shirt, tie and blue or brown jacket for boys. For girls, on the other hand, a gray pleated skirt, blue or brown jacket, shirt and pink brown or blue bow, coordinated with the jacket.
From left, Alessandro Orlando, 17, Priscilla Savoldelli, 15 and Gabriel Rennis, 16. (Rai)
The advances of the first episode
The first two episodes of The college 7 will go on air tonight and tomorrow, Wednesday 19 October. At the center of the first episode, the arrival of the schoolchildren at the College. Each pupil greets their parents ahead of entrance gatewhich traces an imaginary timeline between present and past.
A distant past, which in order to be fully lived requires some precautions, including the abandonment of cell phones and the many comforts of our days. Then comes the most tragic moment of each season: hair cutting. And, you can bet, this time too it will be tears and blood. Overcome the trauma of the change of hairstyle, the Collegiali attend an episode of Double or foldthe quiz led by Mike Bongiornowhich changed the liturgy of Italian television.
Italy in 1958, between economic boom and emigration
Also this year the objective of the format is to be able to immerse yourself in an era distant from your own. This time these are the years between the post-war reconstruction and the beginning of the economic boom. The automobile and appliance industries are experiencing an incredible expansion. The Italians begin to buy the car, the refrigerator, the washing machine.
They are also the years of a strong migratory wave, from rural centers to cities, but above all from the south to the north of the country. Together with the desire for a better future, education is growing and the explosion of the economy requires specialized figures. The most sought after categories on the market are: lawyers, workers and accountants.
It is also a prolific time for television, music and cinema. In 1958 Domenico Modugno won the Sanremo Festival with the famous In the blue painted bluethe Italians are catalyzed by Canzonissima and kids can get educated thanks to the program Telescuola. They arrive at the cinema The woman who lived twice from Alfred Hitchcock And The usual unknown by Mario Monicelli, a film that consecrates Marcello Mastroianni.
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