La prima cosa bella
Directed by:
Paolo VirzìCinematography:
Nicola PecoriniComposer:
Carlo VirzìCast:
Valerio Mastandrea, Stefania Sandrelli, Micaela Ramazzotti, Franco Sacchi, Sergio Albelli, Claudia Pandolfi, Isabelle Adriani, Paolo Ruffini, Marco Messeri (more)Plots(1)
In 1971, at a popular beach establishment near the Tuscan port of Livorno, yummy-mummy Anna (Micaela Ramazzotti) is roped into a beauty contest which she easily wins. Her jealous husband, Mario (Sergio Albelli), is enraged by the attention from assorted wolf-whistlers, while 8-year-old son Bruno (Giacomo Bibbiani), is horrified by the spectacle of it all. His younger sister, Valeria (Giulia Burgalassi), is the only one enjoying the scene. Jump to the present, when Bruno (Valerio Mastandrea) gets an urgent visit from Valeria (Claudia Pandolfi) telling him their mother (Stefania Sandrelli) is sick. Bruno tries to wriggle out of going back to Livorno but finally agrees, the trip triggering bittersweet memories. (official distributor synopsis)
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Paolo Virzi has made a quite inspiring movie about the fact that it is better to take life's vicissitudes with humor and detachment, in short, to live with a song on our lips, than to become bitter and accept the blows of fate with sadness in our souls. It could have been a little less chatty, but what can you do, you can't just change the Italian nature. (65%)
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