The Beautiful Summer

2023 1h 51m IT

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5.5

MID

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67%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

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5.5

IMDB

★5.5TMDB · 71🍅67%Rotten Tomatoes●63Metacritic★5.5IMDB · 650

Drama

Synopsis

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Seventeen-year-old Ginia leaves the countryside in search of a new life in Turin. Restless and seeking adventure, Ginia soon finds it in the beautiful, enigmatic Amelia, whose sensuality and confidence embolden her to begin modeling for the bohemian artists in their circle. A whirlwind affair ensues, and the young seamstress finds herself swept up in an unfamiliar and exciting world of discovery.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yile Yara Vianello
Ginia
Deva Cassel
Amelia
Nicolas Maupas
Severino
Alessandro Piavani
Guido
Adrien Dewitte
Rodrigues
Cosima Centurioni
Rosa
Gabriele Graham Gasco
Massimo
Anna Bellato
Mrs. Gemma

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Laura Luchetti
Writers: Laura Luchetti
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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1 / 7

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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2 / 7

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Laura Luchetti, shot by Diego Romero Suárez-Llanos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Simona Paggi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Yile Yara Vianello and Deva Cassel and Nicolas Maupas carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt9320170 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 71 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Laura Luchetti directs. Diego Romero Suárez-Llanos behind the camera. Simona Paggi cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 3 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Laura Luchetti, shot by Diego Romero Suárez-Llanos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Simona Paggi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Yile Yara Vianello and Deva Cassel and Nicolas Maupas carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt9320170 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 71 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Diego Romero Suárez-Llanos
Editing: Simona Paggi
Production design: Giancarlo Muselli
Costume design: Maria Cristina La Parola
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Status: Released
Original language: IT
IMDB: The Beautiful Summer (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 63/100
IMDB rating: 5.5/10 · 650 votes

Awards

3 nominations total

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What people are saying

Brent Marchant2023-10-20
★ 4/10
It’s frustrating to watch a film that’s ostensibly headed along a particular trajectory but that continually stumbles on the path it takes to get there. That’s precisely what happens in this period piece coming out/coming of age story set in 1938 Italy. Writer-director Laura Luchetti’s adaptation of Cesare Pavese’s 1949 novel about an impressionable 17-year-old dressmaker (Yile Yara Vianello) who becomes romantically infatuated with an artist’s model (Deva Cassel) takes its own sweet time (and plenty of overlong detours) in making its way toward a seemingly foregone conclusion. But, even when this offering apparently approaches that destination, it takes yet another unexpected left-field turn and subsequently leads to what the filmmaker herself admits is a deliberately ambiguous conclusion. Consequently, this is the kind of movie that’s likely to leave many viewers scratching their head and asking, “What’s the point of all this?” The picture is allegedly intended to address a subject that was considered taboo at the time of the story’s setting and of the book’s writing, but that objective isn’t fulfilled nearly as clearly as it might have been. As a result, whatever lofty intentions might have been behind the initiation of this production, they’re decidedly obscured in the final cut. There are also some passing references to the fascist sociopolitical conditions of the time (elements not included in the source material), but they’re never developed much, making their inclusion look like throwaway afterthoughts. To its credit, “The Beautiful Summer” has some fine cinematography, well-chosen location settings showcasing the beauty of Turin and a stirring soundtrack, but, if these attributes are the best that one can say about the film, that’s not saying much about the picture overall. Luchetti’s third feature outing truly needs ample retooling to make it work, because, as it stands, it doesn’t.

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