Primavera

2025 1h 51m IT

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★7.1TMDB · 117

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Synopsis

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A talented violinist, Cecilia, confined in an orphanage, meets Vivaldi who becomes her teacher. Under his mentorship and through his music, she gains courage to break free from the life she was destined for and pursue her passion.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tecla Insolia
Cecilia
Michele Riondino
Antonio Vivaldi
Andrea Pennacchi
Governatore
Fabrizia Sacchi
Priora
Hildegard De Stefano
Laura
Cosima Centurioni
Marietta
Federica Girardello
Agnese
Rebecca Antonaci
Caterina

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Damiano Michieletto
Writers: Ludovica Rampoldi, Damiano Michieletto
Languages: French, Italian
Countries: France, Italy

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ERA

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Released last year.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, Italian.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: France, Italy.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Damiano Michieletto, shot by Daria D'Antonio. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Tecla Insolia and Michele Riondino and Andrea Pennacchi carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt33586629 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Damiano Michieletto directs. Daria D'Antonio behind the camera. Walter Fasano cuts. Produced in France, Italy. Dialogue in French, Italian.

Trivia

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1Released last year.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, Italian.
3International production across 2 countries: France, Italy.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Damiano Michieletto, shot by Daria D'Antonio. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Walter Fasano shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tecla Insolia and Michele Riondino and Andrea Pennacchi carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt33586629 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Daria D'Antonio
Editing: Walter Fasano
Production design: Gaspare De Pascali
Costume design: Maria Rita Barbera
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Status: Released
Box office: $2,861,049
Original language: IT
IMDB: Primavera (2025)

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CinemaSerf2026-05-19
★ 7/10
The Governor of a Venetian orphanage (Andrea Pennacchi) is aware that he is losing his wealthy patrons to another nearby church, so needs to reverse that trend else they are all going be homeless. Luckily, he hears that Antonio Vivaldi (Michele Riondino) isn't having much luck trawling the courts of Europe looking for an home. How about they offer him a residency there and see if his music can reverse their fortunes? Well that might work because this establishment has quite an array of talented musicians from amongst the girls who have been abandoned over the years. Under the austere tutelage of the prioress (Fabrizio Sacchi), the girls assemble for their new maestro and begin to play. "Cecilia" (Tecia Insolia) stands out. Not simply because she is the best, indeed that might well be "Laura" (Hildegard De Stefano), but because she shows spirit. She might as well because her musical career is about to be cut short. She has been swapped by the Governor for 300 gold ducats and so is to marry soldier "Sanfermo" (Stefano Accorsi) who already has two daughters her age! Vivaldi does manage to succeed in bringing in the punters, and that success does give him a degree of leverage over the authorities - especially when he is commanded to write an oratorio for the Doge himself, but is there any future for "Cecilia" or is her fate already sealed? Aside from the plentiful Vivaldi music that litters this stylish production, there is also an engaging and vulnerable effort from an Insolia who embodies well a young woman who gets by day-to-day by writing illicit letters to a mother she has never met whilst dreading the end of a war that will bring her unwanted fiancé back to claim his prize. Times being what they were, her musical enjoyment must end upon her marriage - and that ridulousness is also captured succinctly (and quite brutally) as we head to a denouement that is going to need to melt some hearts if she is to have any hope of escaping her duty. Riondino doesn't really feature so much - indeed Vivaldi himself is but a peripheral character in this story, but that does it no harm as the real focus of the film is a girl who isn't even the mistress of her own lunchtime, let alone her own destiny. The creative design of the film is attractive and detailed and right from the very start, there is a semblance of authenticity to this that has something almost biblical about it's "suffer for your art" message.

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