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Summer of Giacomo (first feature)

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Summer of Giacomo (L'estate di Giacomo)

original title:

L'estate di Giacomo

directed by:

Alessandro Comodin

cast:

Giacomo Zulian, Stefania Comodin, Barbara Colombo, Stephane Lehembre

screenplay:

Alessandro Comodin

cinematography:

Tristan Bordmann, Jean Jacques Quinet

editing:

Alessandro Comodin, João Nicolau

production:

Okta Film, Les Films d'Ici, Les Films Nus

distribution:

Tucker Film [Italy]

world sales:

Andana Films [France]

country:

Italy/France/Belgium

year:

2011

film run:

78'

format:

colour

release date:

20/07/2012

festivals & awards:

Summer in the north Italian countryside. Giacomo, a deaf teenager of 19, goes to the river with his best friend Stefania for a picnic. Straying from their usual route, they end up getting lost and arrive at a place that is like a little paradise where they are free to be themselves. Over an afternoon, their childhood games take on sensual overtones until they realise that what is happening is no more than the bitter-sweet memory of an era that is already long lost in the past.