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Rai 1 Sets Jan. 12 Premiere for La Preside, Starring Luisa Ranieri

The drama draws from principal Eugenia Carfora’s real campaign to bring students back to class in Naples.

Overview

  • Across four episodes, Ranieri plays Eugenia Liguori, a new headteacher who works to rebuild a battered school and personally urges truants to return.
  • Conceived by Luca Zingaretti, the series is co-written and co-produced through Zocotoco with Bibi Film in collaboration with Rai Fiction, and directed by Luca Miniero.
  • The storyline is freely inspired by Carfora’s work in Caivano, with the school set in a Naples area described as one of Europe’s largest drug markets.
  • Ranieri says she wore a blonde wig and acted in Neapolitan to approximate Carfora’s movements and expressiveness.
  • Eugenia Carfora praises perseverance, calling every student recovered a societal victory, and she proposes extending compulsory schooling to age 18.