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.
Top Billed 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
Featured Crew
Paolo Virzì
Director
Dario Ceruti
Casting
Gabriele Muccino
Producer
Elisabetta Boni
First Assistant Director
Ferdinando Bonifazi
Production Manager
Elisabetta Boni
Casting
Dario Ceruti
First Assistant Director
Lorenzo Grasso
Casting
Carlo Virzì
Original Music Composer
Nicola Pecorini
Director of Photography
Tonino Zera
Production Design
Simone Manetti
Editor
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