Summer Games (2011 film)

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Summer Games
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Film poster
Italian Giochi d'estate
Directed by Rolando Colla
Written byRolando Colla
Roberto Scarpetti
Produced by Elena Pedrazzoli
Starring Fiorella Campanella
CinematographyLorenz Merz
Release date
  • 2 August 2011 (2011-08-02)
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageItalian

Summer Games (Italian : Giochi d'estate) is a 2011 Swiss drama film written and directed by Rolando Colla. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, [1] [2] but it did not make the final shortlist. [3]

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Cast

Filming

Filming started in Marina di Grosseto, Tuscany on 21 June 2010. Filming continued for seven weeks through the towns of Follonica, Gavorrano, Castiglione della Pescaia, Orbetello, Porto Santo Stefano and Monte Argentario in the Maremma. [4] [5]

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References

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