Movie·2010·2h 2m
The First Beautiful Thing
Country
Italy
Language
Italian
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The Story
Original title: La prima cosa bella
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.
Producer
Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib
Cinematography
Nicola Pecorini
Music
Carlo Virzì
Editor
Simone Manetti
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
519 votes
// cast
Cast
Valerio Mastandrea
Bruno Michelucci
Micaela Ramazzotti
Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 1971-1981
Stefania Sandrelli
Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 2009
Claudia Pandolfi
Valeria Michelucci
Marco Messeri
Il Nesi
Fabrizia Sacchi
Sandra
Aurora Frasca
Valeria Michelucci 1971
Giacomo Bibbiani
Bruno Michelucci 1971
Giulia Burgalassi
Valeria Michelucci 1981
Francesco Rapalino
Bruno Michelucci 1981
Sergio Albelli
Mario Michelucci
Isabella Cecchi
Zia Leda Nigiotti
Emanuele Barresi
Roberto Lenzi
Dario Ballantini
Avvocato Cenerini
Paolo Ruffini
Cristiano Cenerini
Fabrizio Brandi
Giancarlo 2009
Jacopo Dini
Giancarlo 1981
Michele Crestacci
Luciano Vallesi
// crew
Crew
Paolo Virzì
Director, Story, Screenplay
Nicola Pecorini
Director of Photography
Carlo Virzì
Original Music Composer
Francesco Piccolo
Screenplay, Story
Simone Manetti
Editor
Marco Cohen
Producer
Benedetto Habib
Producer
Francesco Bruni
Story, Screenplay
Fabrizio Donvito
Producer
Gabriele Muccino
Producer
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