
Original title
Un Professore
Released
11/11/2021
Origin country
IT
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Family
Production companies
RAI, Rai Fiction
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
3
Number of episodes
36
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.

Nonconformist Dante returns to Rome to teach high school philosophy, bonding with his students as he navigates life as a single dad.

Dante returns to Rome and immediately takes his students to heart.

Dante visits Pin, a student who hasn't left home for months.

Danye meets Cecilia, a parent representative and Aureliano's mother, and is immediately smitten.

Dante approaches Anita about Manuel's troubles.

Dante presents a lesson on Aristotle and happiness.

Convinced that Simone and Manuel are not telling the truth, Dante takes the class to Campo dei Fiori.

Dante presents a lesson on Michel Focault, a sociologist persecuted for his homosexuality.

The class visits Cecilia's museum.

Dante's relationship with Cecilia breaks down after Aureliano finds out.

Simone returns from Glasgow and organizes a clandestine party at school for her birthday.

Dante takes the class to the Colosseum and presents a lesson on Rousseau.

A tragic event leads Dante to relive an unresolved trauma.

Dante proves himself as a teacher and mentor in the new semester amid complicated love affairs, intrusive parents, daydreams and dashed hopes.

Dante welcomes new students as the semester begins.

Dante exercises his talent for retrieving no-show students.

Floriana, Anita and Dante are dealing with the discomforts of cohabitation.

Simone is suspended as Dante's health worsens.

Anita tells Dante the truth about Nicola.

Inspired by an abnormal heat wave, Dante challenges his students to live more sustainably.

Upset about the situation with her son, Anita leaves the house.

Mimmo witnesses an act of violence against Molosso's wife.

Nina asks to regain custody of her daughter.

After the accident, Nina makes plans to be with her daughter.

Dante makes a difficult decision about his health.

Mimmo enters witness protection; Dante has a medical emergency.













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