The Beautiful Summer (2023)

08/24/2023Drama1h 51m
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Set during a “beautiful summer” in Turin in 1938, against the backdrop of Fascist-era Italy’s subsequent entry into World War II. sees the 18-year-old Cassell as the uninhibited model Amelia. She introduces her younger friend Ginia to a world of bohemian artists where she will fall in love for the first time.

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    Yle Vianello

    Ginia

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    Deva Cassel

    Amelia

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    Nicolas Maupas

    Severino

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    Alessandro Piavani

    Guido

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    Adrien Dewitte

    Rodrigues

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    Cosima Centurioni

    Rosa

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    Gabriele Graham Gasco

    Massimo

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    Anna Bellato

    Mrs. Gemma

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    Andrea Bosca

    Dr. Andrea

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 ...

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Original LanguageItalian 

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