La Liceale -1975- Page

Gloria Guida is the undeniable sun around which this film orbits. With her cherubic face, infectious laugh, and unforced naturalism, she never feels exploitative despite the film’s rampant nudity. She plays Gianna not as a victim or a vixen, but as a genuinely curious teenager whose main crime is being more alive than the stuffy adults around her. The supporting cast, including the always-watchable Alvaro Vitali as the bumbling, lustful janitor, delivers the broad physical comedy with expert timing.

Visually, the film is a joy. It’s bathed in that warm, golden, slightly hazy 70s Italian light. The locations—from classic Roman high schools to seaside villas—feel like a vacation postcard. The score by Ubaldo Contini is pure library-music gold: funky bass lines, wah-wah pedals, and flutes that scream "seduction scene." La Liceale -1975-

The story follows Gianna (Guida), a beautiful high schooler with a strict father and an overactive libido. After a series of comic misunderstandings—including a mistaken identity involving a prostitute and a stolen exam—she finds herself entangled with a playboy photographer and a clumsy, lovestruck classmate. The plot is merely a clothesline upon which to hang a series of slapstick chases, voyeuristic peeks, and double-entendres. Gloria Guida is the undeniable sun around which

Directed by the prolific Michele Massimo Tarantini, La Liceale is the film that launched one of Italian cinema’s most beloved (and infamous) sub-genres: the "commedia sexy all'italiana" set in high school. Starring the radiant Gloria Guida as the innocent yet curious student, this 1975 offering isn't high art, but it is a near-perfect time capsule of its era—breezy, provocative, and unapologetically goofy. The locations—from classic Roman high schools to seaside