First Love (2004 Italian film)
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| Directed by | Matteo Garrone |
| Written by | Matteo Garrone Massimo Gaudioso |
| Produced by | Domenico Procacci |
| Starring | Vitaliano Trevisan Michela Cescon |
| Cinematography | Marco Onorato |
| Edited by | Marco Spoletini |
| Music by | Banda Osiris |
Release date | 13 February 2004 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
First Love (Italian: Primo Amore) is an Italian 2004 erotic body horror drama film directed by Matteo Garrone and Massimo Gaudioso, loosely based on the autobiographical novel by Marco Mariolini. The film deals with anorexia nervosa.
Plot
Vittorio (Vitaliano Trevisan) is a goldsmith looking for a very thin woman to make golden figurines of. He meets a model, Sonia (Michela Cescon), whom he finds too fat. Somehow he manages to convince her to lose weight to an unhealthy degree...
Awards
The score won Banda Osiris the 2004 Silver Berlin Bear for Best Film Music. The band won at other festivals, too. At the Flaiano Film Festival, Michela Cescon won for Best Actress and Marco Onorato won for Best Cinematography.
Reception
The film "has been described as “a horror movie about desire,” which seems fitting."[1] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times finds this film "an elegantly told tale of obsession that, in failing to take on any larger meaning, rapidly becomes depressing to watch."[2] Thomas and others are confused as to "why she [Sonia] strives so mightily to please someone so obviously insane."
See also
References
- ^ Abrams, Danielle (2007-10-23). "Primo Amore". Italian Film blog. Retrieved 2007-11-10. "The director takes an uncomfortably close look at obsessive love, further complicated by the troubled characters’ various psychological issues."
- ^ Kevin Thomas, "Capsule Reviews: 'Primo Amore,' 'The Man Who Copied' and 'The Painting'" Los Angeles Times April 29, 2005
External links
- Primo Amore at IMDb
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