The First Beautiful Thing 2010

7.3 / 10   500 vote(s)
Comedy Drama

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.

Release Date 2010-01-15
Runtime 2h 2m
Directors Paolo Virzì, Elisabetta Boni, Dario Ceruti, Lorenzo Grasso, Nicola Pecorini
Producers Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib, Gabriele Muccino, Marco Cohen
Writers Francesco Piccolo, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì, Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Bruni

Good comedy/drama about a dysfunctional Italian family and the memories of the eldest son.

Nice story, well told.

Andres Gomez