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The First Beautiful Thing is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Paolo Virzì released in USA on 5 april 2011 with Valerio Mastandrea
The First Beautiful Thing (2010)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 5 april 2011
Length 2h2
Directed by Paolo Virzì
OriginItalie
Themes Films about families
Rating70%
The First Beautiful Thing (Italian: La prima cosa bella) is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars Micaela Ramazzotti, Valerio Mastandrea, Claudia Pandolfi and Stefania Sandrelli.
On 9 November 2010 the film opened at the Cinema Italian style Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Synopsis
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the 1970s to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband, a Non-commissioned officer of Carabinieri. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later. The whole movie is set when Bruno, a high school teacher who ended up living in Milan after managing to escape from Livorno and his mother, returns to his hometown to be at his mother’s side during her very last days, remembering all those key episodes of his family life through a long series of flashbacks.Actors
Valerio Mastandrea
(Bruno Michelucci)
Micaela Ramazzotti
(Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 1971-1981)
Stefania Sandrelli
(Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 2009)
Claudia Pandolfi
(Valeria Michelucci)
Marco Messeri
(Il Nesi)
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