Based on a true story, "Non è mai troppo tardi" (it's never too late) is a TV mini-series about Alberto Manzi, a teacher and host of the 60's TV show "Non è mai troppo tardi," a televised kind of "night school," aimed at teaching the many adults who had never learned to read and write how to do just that. The show was broadcast from 1960 to 1968.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manzi's pencil ruse gets found out and he is called into the director's office.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The director of the reformatory has done a bit of thinking and comes to see the boys, a rare occurence. Manzi, with his proverbial foot in the door, keeps trying to push it open even wider. There is news on the home front, too.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The reformatory director is clearly affected by what his inmates have written. Meanwhile, the magazine takes shape, involving getting it typed, collated, and stapled.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Alberto goes out on a limb with a pretty amazing surprise for his pupils. Ida is quite concerned, but Alberto is adamant.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto took a huge risk when he decided to take the boys to the seaside. In fact, he wasn't ready for how out of control they would be.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Manzi gets his degree after his oral exam defending his dissertation, but now he has some tough decisions to make about his future.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto is doing the right thing, but it's not easy. He goes to the reformatory for a last meeting with the director. This is the finale of the first of two episodes in this mini-series.
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