The First Beautiful Thing
La prima cosa bella
2010, Film, 122 min, Comedy, Drama, Italian, Italy, MoviePedia score 69
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later.
Directed by Paolo Virzì
Cast
- Valerio Mastandrea as Bruno Michelucci - 2009
- Micaela Ramazzotti as Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci - 1971-1981
- Stefania Sandrelli as Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci - 2009
- Claudia Pandolfi as Valeria Michelucci - 2009
- Marco Messeri as Il Nesi
- Fabrizia Sacchi as Sandra
- Aurora Frasca as Valeria Michelucci - Bambina
- Giacomo Bibbiani as Bruno Michelucci - Bambino
- Giulia Burgalassi as Valeria Michelucci - 1981
- Francesco Rapalino as Bruno Michelucci - 1981
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