Caruso, Zero In Condotta (2001)

A single parent finds out the hard way that his daughter isn't as angelic as he thought in this comedy from Italy. Lorenzo Caruso (Francesco Nuti) is a successful psychoanalyst whose wife died when their daughter Giulia was an infant. Since then Lorenzo has gone out of his way to raise Giulia in a positive and nurturing manner, while using his status as a single parent to prevent his (many) relationships with women from ever becoming too close. Lorenzo is convinced the now-teenage Giulia (Giulia Serafini) is a model child, but he gets a wake-up call when a police officer stops by his home to inform him that Giulia was picked up for shoplifting along with a group of her friends. Shocked, Lorenzo begins to imagine his daughter has a corrupt other life she's kept hidden from him, and he begins spying on her during the day, while occasionally rummaging through her room when she's not around. One day, he discovers a package of condoms in Giulia's book bag, and goes into a panic, imagining the worst about her sex life. Leading man Francesco Nuti also directed Caruso, Zero in Condotta, as well as co-authoring the screenplay. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi