La Prima Cosa Bella (2010)

Avec Micaela Ramazzotti, Stefania Sandrelli, Valerio Mastandrea

Estate 1971, elezione di miss Pancaldi, evento clou della stagione estiva livornese, celebrato nel suo stabilimento balneare più noto. L'elezione di Anna come "mamma più bella" sembra essere il fatto che scatena scompiglio nella storia della famiglia Michelucci, dando il via ad una serie di eventi tragicomici che arrivano fino ai giorni nostri.

Été 1971. Anna, jeune mère ravissante et frivole, remporte le concours de beauté d’une station balnéaire. Son tempérament inconséquent et jouisseur rend sa vie de famille quelque peu chaotique. 30 ans plus tard, toujours marqués par cette vie haute en couleurs, Anna et ses enfants, réunis à son chevet, sauront-ils se réconcilier ?

La Prima Cosa Bella (The First Beautiful Thing) follows a strong and optimistic mother raising her two children against all odds. Throughout grief and pain she teaches her family to remain open and loving and to cherish the little joys in life. This beautiful and touching comedic drama from acclaimed Italian director

(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. Bruno ends up living in Milan after managing to escape from Livorno and his mother. He will return to his hometown at the end of the film to be at his mother’s side during her very last days.)