The Beautiful Summer (film)

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The Beautiful Summer
Directed by Laura Luchetti
Written by
  • Laura Luchetti
  • Greta Scicchitano
  • Mario Iannuzziello
Produced by
Starring
Music byFrancesco Cerasi
Production
companies
Distributed by Film Movement
Release date
Running time
112 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Beautiful Summer is a 2023 Italian drama film written by Laura Luchetti, Greta Scicchitano and Mario Iannuzziello and directed by Luchetti.

It is loosely based on a novella by Italian author Cesare Pavese, first published in Italian as La bella estate in 1940 and then in a collection of three novellas under the same name in 1949. [1]

The film, like the novella, is set in 1930s (1938 specifically in the film) Italy and is a coming of age story of juvenile love, hope and defeat. [2]

The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2023. [3]

Cast

References

  1. "Variety: The Beautiful Summer". 9 August 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. "Best summer books 2018, as picked by writers and cultural figures – part two". The Guardian . 8 July 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. "Hollywood Reporter: The Beautiful Summer". The Hollywood Reporter . 4 August 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2024.