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📊 Film Specifications

Director Paolo Virzì

Writer Francesco Piccolo (Story), Paolo Virzì (Story), Francesco Bruni (Story)

Original Title La prima cosa bella

Release Date January 15, 2010

Runtime 122 min (2h 2m)

Country Italy

Language IT

Budget N/A

Box Office N/A

Studios Medusa Film • Motorino Amaranto • Indiana Production

The First Beautiful Thing (2010)

Name: The First Beautiful Thing
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2010-01-15
Rating: 3.6

Directed by Paolo Virzì

• Written by Francesco Piccolo , Paolo Virzì , Francesco Bruni

⭐ 3.6 / 5 (533 votes) ⏱️ 122 min 🎬 Comedy, Drama

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Rating Consensus & Critics

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MATCHCUT Members

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TOMATOMETER Critics

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METASCORE Top Critics

7.2 / 10

TMDB (533)

Ratings Breakdown:

533 TMDB votes

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Synopsis

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.