The First Beautiful Thing
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.
Cast
Valerio Mastandrea
as Bruno Michelucci
Micaela Ramazzotti
as Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 1971-1981
Stefania Sandrelli
as Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 2009
Claudia Pandolfi
as Valeria Michelucci
Marco Messeri
as Il Nesi
Fabrizia Sacchi
as Sandra
Aurora Frasca
as Valeria Michelucci 1971
Giacomo Bibbiani
as Bruno Michelucci 1971
Giulia Burgalassi
as Valeria Michelucci 1981
Francesco Rapalino
as Bruno Michelucci 1981
Reviews
Andres Gomez
Good comedy/drama about a dysfunctional Italian family and the memories of the eldest son. Nice story, well told....
