The Beautiful Summer (film)

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The Beautiful Summer
Directed byLaura Luchetti
Written byLaura Luchetti, Greta Scicchitano and Mario Iannuzziello
Produced byGiovanni Pompili, Luca Legnani
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. [1]

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. [2]

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. [3]

The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2023. [4]

Cast

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References

  1. "IMDB: The Beautiful Summer". IMDb . Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. "Variety: The Beautiful Summer". 9 August 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  3. "Best summer books 2018, as picked by writers and cultural figures – part two". The Guardian . 8 July 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. "Hollywood Reporter: The Beautiful Summer". The Hollywood Reporter . 4 August 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2024.