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The First Beautiful Thing
The First Beautiful Thing
	Film poster
Directed by	Paolo Virzì
Written by	Paolo Virzì; Francesco Bruni; Francesco Piccolo
Produced by	Paolo Virzì
Starring	Valerio Mastandrea; Micaela Ramazzotti; Stefania Sandrelli; Claudia Pandolfi;
Cinematography	Nicola Pecorini
Edited by	Simone Manetti
Music by	Carlo Virzì
Production; company	Indiana Production Company
Distributed by	Palisades Tartan
Release date	15 January 2010;
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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The First Beautiful Thing (Italian: La prima cosa bella) is a 2010 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars Micaela Ramazzotti, Valerio Mastandrea, Claudia Pandolfi and Stefania Sandrelli. On 9 November 2010 the film opened at the Cinema Italian style Film Festival in Los Angeles. Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, it was not nominated.

Plot[edit]

The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the 1970s 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, a Non-commissioned officer of Carabinieri. 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. The whole movie is set when Bruno, a high school teacher who ended up living in Milan after managing to escape from Livorno and his mother, returns to his hometown to be at his mother's side during her very last days, remembering many of the key episodes of his family life through a long series of flashbacks.

Cast[edit]

Valerio Mastandrea as Bruno Michelucci
Micaela Ramazzotti as Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci - 1971-1981
Stefania Sandrelli as Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci - 2008
Claudia Pandolfi as Valeria Michelucci
Marco Messeri as Il Nesi
Fabrizia Sacchi as Sandra
Aurora Frasca as Valeria Michelucci - child
Giacomo Bibbiani as Bruno Michelucci - child
Giulia Burgalassi as Valeria Michelucci - teenager
Francesco Rapalino as Bruno - teenager
Sergio Albelli as Mario Michelucci
Isabella Cecchi as Zia Leda Nigiotti
Emanuele Barresi as Roberto Lenzi
Dario Ballantini as Avvocato Cenerini
Paolo Ruffini as Cristiano Cenerini

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

The First Beautiful Thing has an approval rating of 74% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 19 reviews, and an average rating of 6.6/10.^[1] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 62 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generaly favorable reviews".^[2]

Awards and nominations[edit]

The film was nominated for 18 David di Donatello Awards, and won Best Screenplay (Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo), Best Actress Micaela Ramazzotti Best Actor Valerio Mastandrea. 4 Silver Ribbon, Director of the best film Paolo Virzì, Best screenplay, Best Actress Stefania Sandrelli and Micaela Ramazzotti, Best Costume Gabriella Pescucci. The film was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Director.^[3] It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,^[4] but it didn't make the final shortlist.^[5]

In July 2010, La prima cosa bella (The first beautiful Thing) won four Silver Ribbon awards: Director of the Best Film of the Year (Paolo Virzi), Best Actress Micaela Ramazzotti and Stefania Sandrelli, Best Screenplay Paolo Virzi, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo) and Best Costume Design to the Oscar winner Gabriella Pescucci. The film was screened at some international film festivals including the Open Roads, New York, the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Annecy Cinéma Italien Film Festival and the NICE Italian Film Festival, San Francisco.

References[edit]

^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_first_beautiful_thing
^ https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-first-beautiful-thing?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c
^ "Nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Academy. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
^ "Virzì's The First Beautiful Thing sets out to conquer Hollywood". cineuropa. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.

External links[edit]

The First Beautiful Thing at IMDb

[1] ttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_first_beautiful_thing

[2] ttps://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-first-beautiful-thing?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c

[3] "Nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Academy. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.

[cineuropa_Italy-4] "Virzì's The First Beautiful Thing sets out to conquer Hollywood". cineuropa. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

[Oscar_Shortlist-5] "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.

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-'''''The First Beautiful Thing''''' ({{lang-it|'''La prima cosa bella'''}}) is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by [[Paolo Virzì]], produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars Micaela Ramazzotti, Valerio Mastandrea, Claudia Pandolfi and Stefania Sandrelli.
+'''''The First Beautiful Thing''''' ({{lang-it|'''La prima cosa bella'''}}) is a 2010 Italian [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Paolo Virzì]], produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars [[Micaela Ramazzotti]], [[Valerio Mastandrea]], [[Claudia Pandolfi]] and [[Stefania Sandrelli]]. On 9 November 2010 the film opened at the Cinema Italian style Film Festival in Los Angeles. Although selected as the Italian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[83rd Academy Awards]], it was not nominated.
-On 9 November 2010 the film opened at the Cinema Italian style Film Festival in Los Angeles.
 ==Plot==
-The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the 1970s 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, a [[Non-commissioned officer]] of [[Carabinieri]]. 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. The whole movie is set when Bruno, a high school teacher who ended up living in [[Milan]] after managing to escape from Livorno and his mother, returns to his hometown to be at his mother’s side during her very last days, remembering all those key episodes of his family life through a long series of [[flashback (narrative)|flashback]]s.
+The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the 1970s 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, a [[Non-commissioned officer]] of [[Carabinieri]]. 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. The whole movie is set when Bruno, a high school teacher who ended up living in [[Milan]] after managing to escape from Livorno and his mother, returns to his hometown to be at his mother's side during her very last days, remembering many of the key episodes of his family life through a long series of [[flashback (narrative)|flashback]]s.
 ==Cast==
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 * [[Paolo Ruffini (actor)|Paolo Ruffini]] as Cristiano Cenerini
+==Reception==
-==Awards and nominations==
+===Critical response===
-The film was nominated for 18 [[David di Donatello]] Awards, and won Best Screenplay ([[Paolo Virzì]],[[Francesco Bruni (screenwriter)|Francesco Bruni]], [[Francesco Piccolo]]), Best Actress [[Micaela Ramazzotti]] Best Actor [[Valerio Mastandrea]]. 4 [[Silver Ribbon]], Director of the best film [[Paolo Virzì]], Best screenplay, Best Actress [[Stefania Sandrelli]] and [[Micaela Ramazzotti]], Best Costume [[Gabriella Pescucci]].  The film was nominated for the [[European Film Award for Best Director]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2010/11/06/nominations-for-the-23rd-european-film-awards/|title=Nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards|date=6 November 2010|work=europeanfilmacademy.org|publisher=[[European Film Academy]]|accessdate=2010-11-07}}</ref> It was selected as the Italian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[83rd Academy Awards]],<ref name="cineuropa Italy">{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/newsdetail.aspx?lang=en&documentID=151143 |title=Virzì’s The First Beautiful Thing sets out to conquer Hollywood |accessdate=3 October 2010|work=cineuropa}}</ref> but it didn't make the final shortlist.<ref name="Oscar Shortlist">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html |title=9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race |accessdate=19 January 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
+''The First Beautiful Thing'' has an approval rating of 74% on [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 19 reviews, and an average rating of 6.6/10.<ref>https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_first_beautiful_thing</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 62 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generaly favorable reviews".<ref>https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-first-beautiful-thing?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c</ref>
+===Awards and nominations===
+The film was nominated for 18 [[David di Donatello]] Awards, and won Best Screenplay ([[Paolo Virzì]], [[Francesco Bruni (screenwriter)|Francesco Bruni]], [[Francesco Piccolo]]), Best Actress [[Micaela Ramazzotti]] Best Actor [[Valerio Mastandrea]]. 4 [[Silver Ribbon]], Director of the best film [[Paolo Virzì]], Best screenplay, Best Actress [[Stefania Sandrelli]] and [[Micaela Ramazzotti]], Best Costume [[Gabriella Pescucci]].  The film was nominated for the [[European Film Award for Best Director]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2010/11/06/nominations-for-the-23rd-european-film-awards/|title=Nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards|date=6 November 2010|work=europeanfilmacademy.org|publisher=[[European Film Academy]]|accessdate=7 November 2010}}</ref> It was selected as the Italian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[83rd Academy Awards]],<ref name="cineuropa Italy">{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/newsdetail.aspx?lang=en&documentID=151143 |title=Virzì's The First Beautiful Thing sets out to conquer Hollywood |accessdate=3 October 2010|work=cineuropa}}</ref> but it didn't make the final shortlist.<ref name="Oscar Shortlist">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html |title=9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race |access-date=19 January 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
 In July 2010, ''La prima cosa bella'' (The first beautiful Thing) won four Silver Ribbon awards: Director of the Best Film of the Year (Paolo Virzi), Best Actress Micaela Ramazzotti and Stefania Sandrelli, Best Screenplay Paolo Virzi, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo) and Best Costume Design to the Oscar winner Gabriella Pescucci. The film was screened at some international film festivals including the Open Roads, New York, the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Annecy Cinéma Italien Film Festival and the NICE Italian Film Festival, San Francisco.
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 ==External links==
 *{{IMDb title|1467273|The First Beautiful Thing}}
+{{Italian submissions for the Academy Award}}
 {{Paolo Virzì}}
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 [[Category:2010 films]]
-[[Category:2010s comedy-drama films]]
+[[Category:2010 comedy-drama films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Paolo Virzì]]
 [[Category:Italian comedy-drama films]]
-[[Category:Italian films]]
+[[Category:2010s Italian-language films]]
-[[Category:Italian-language films]]
 [[Category:Films about dysfunctional families]]
 [[Category:Films set in Livorno]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Carlo Virzì]]

v t e Italian submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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1961–1980	La Notte (1961) The Four Days of Naples (1962) 8½ (1963) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1964) Marriage Italian Style (1965) The Battle of Algiers (1966) China Is Near (1967) The Girl with the Pistol (1968) Fellini Satyricon (1969) Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) Roma (1972) Amarcord (1974) Scent of a Woman (1975) Seven Beauties (1976) A Special Day (1977) I nuovi mostri (1978) To Forget Venice (1979) A Leap in the Dark (1980)
1981–2000	Three Brothers (1981) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) And the Ship Sails On (1983) Where's Picone? (1984) Macaroni (1985) Summer Night (1986) The Family (1987) The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) Cinema Paradiso (1989) Open Doors (1990) Mediterraneo (1991) The Stolen Children (1992) The Great Pumpkin (1993) Lamerica (1994) The Star Maker (1995) My Generation (1996) The Best Man (1997) Life Is Beautiful (1998) Not of this World (1999) One Hundred Steps (2000)
2001–2020	The Son's Room (2001) Pinocchio (2002) I'm Not Scared (2003) The Keys to the House (2004) Don't Tell (2005) Golden Door (2006) The Unknown Woman (2007) Gomorrah (2008) Baarìa (2009) The First Beautiful Thing (2010) Terraferma (2011) Caesar Must Die (2012) The Great Beauty (2013) Human Capital (2014) Don't Be Bad (2015) Fire at Sea (2016) A Ciambra (2017) Dogman (2018) The Traitor (2019) Notturno (2020)
2021–present	The Hand of God (2021) Nostalgia (2022) Io capitano (2023)