A desperate history teacher holds her whole class hostage. But very soon the situation will change, and the teacher herself will become a hostage.

A rich Sicilian, Fefè Mottola, decides to call a wealthy girl graduate: Giovanna, who is about to become a teacher, because his son needs repetitions. The boy, named Franco, is shocked by the ...

The movie sees Hilary Swank starring as a teacher of a group of at-risk students at a school in Los Angeles in 1992. She finds it difficult at first to engage with the kids because of their hostility.