Disappointment in love leads to unexpected fulfilment for a young teacher in rural Italy in Giorgia Cecere’s bland helming debut, “The First Assignment.” Set in 1953 Puglia, the pic is just about ...

Nena, a girl from the south of Italy, has to travel far from home to get her first job as a teacher. She is sad, not because she has to leave her mother and sister, with whom everything is clear and ...