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The First Beautiful Thing

Play trailer Poster for The First Beautiful Thing 2010,  2h 2m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 74% 19 Reviews Tomatometer 71% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
74% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Flashbacks reveal the reasons behind a sullen teacher's (Micaela Ramazzotti) estrangement from his family, especially his now-dying mother.

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Keith Uhlich Time Out Oct 3, 2023
2/5
This was Italy’s official submission for Best Foreign Film to the 2011 Academy Awards (a red flag more often than not), and, sure enough, there’s little here that rises above middlebrow. Go to Full Review
Tom Keogh Seattle Times Aug 25, 2011
2.5/4
Virzi approaches mawkishness but he never crosses the line. Go to Full Review
Ty Burr Boston Globe Jun 9, 2011
2.5/4
"The First Beautiful Thing'' is shameless, and, damn it, I cried anyway. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Oct 11, 2022
Perhaps a bit too long with a tendency to lose itself in a labyrinth of flashbacks. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Brent Simon Shockya.com Jul 14, 2011
B
A warm and welcome foreign film treat about learning to cope with the fact that one's parents are actually people too. Go to Full Review
Stan Hall Oregonian Jul 7, 2011
B+
The high-pitched emotions, gesticulations and occasional near-hysteria seem completely normal and genuine. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Paolo Virzì

Director

Micaela Ramazzotti

Anna Michelucci da giovane

Stefania Sandrelli

Anna Michelucci

Valerio Mastandrea

Bruno Michelucci adulto

Claudia Pandolfi

Valeria Michelucci adulta

Marco Messeri

Loredano Nesi

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Movie Info

Synopsis Flashbacks reveal the reasons behind a sullen teacher's (Micaela Ramazzotti) estrangement from his family, especially his now-dying mother.
Director
Paolo Virzì
Producer
Gabriele Muccino, Marco Cohen, Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib
Screenwriter
Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo
Production Co
Motorino Amaranto, Indiana Production, Medusa Film
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 26, 2020
Runtime
2h 2m
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