Caught by a Wave

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Caught by a Wave
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Italian Sulla Stessa Onda
Directed byMassimiliano Camaiti
Written by
  • Claudia Bottino
  • Massimiliano Camaiti
Starring
Production
company
Cinemaundici
Release date
  • 25 March 2021 (2021-03-25)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Caught by a Wave (Italian : Sulla Stessa Onda) is a 2021 coming-of-age romance film directed by Massimiliano Camaiti, based on a screenplay written by Camaiti and Claudia Bottino. [1] Produced by the Italian company Cinemaundici, the film stars Elvira Camarrone and Roberto Christian as two high school students who fall in love after meeting at a regatta-oriented summer camp on Sicily, though their romance is soon complicated when Camarrone's character, Sara, is diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. [2] The film was released on Netflix on March 25, 2021. [3]

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Originally produced in Italian, the film features Donatella Finocchiaro, Corrado Invernizzi, and Vincenzo Amato, and features the voices of Anne Yatco and Josh Zuckerman in the English dub.

Plot

Two high school students, Sara (16 years old) and Lorenzo (17 years old) meet in a summer camp and fall in love with each other. [4] During a sailing session, Sara develops numbness in her muscles, a degenerative disease she is suffering from. Sara hides her illness from Lorenzo but the truth finally finds its way into their relationship. The story follows the struggle of the couple as they try to deal with the pain and keep their love sparkling.

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References

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