Marcello, Marcello - The summer of first love

Movie
German title	Marcello, Marcello - The summer of first love
Original title	Marcello, Marcello
Country of production	Switzerland , Germany , Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	2008
length	97 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	Denis Rabaglia
script	Denis Rabaglia, Luca de Benedittis
production	Anne Walser
music	Henning Lohner
camera	Filip Zumbrunn
cut	Claudio Di Mauro
occupation
Francesco Mistichelli : Marcello Romei Elena Cucci : Elena Del Ponte Peppe Lanzetta : Rozzani Mariano Rigillo : Sindaco Del Ponte Antonio Pennarella : Mariano Romei Renato Scarpa : Don Tommaso Luca Sepe : Diego Luigi Petrazzuolo : Pasquale Alfio Alessi : Armando Cesari Roberto Bestazzoni : Professor Pizzuti Mariano Rigillo : Mayor del Ponte Peppe Lanzetta : Rozzani Rosa Masciopinto : Bernardina Palmieri Teresa del Vecchio : Rosetta Palmieri Susy del Giudice : Evangelina di Meo Gianfelice Imparato : Pietro Maria Pia Calzone : Signora Lombardie

Marcello, Marcello - The Summer of First Love is a Swiss-German romantic comedy from 2008 . The film is based on the book "Marcello and the Course of Love" by Mark David Hatwood , which was released in 2004.

action

Italy, 1956: On the picturesque island of Amatrello, the young men of the village are engaged in a unique custom: when a girl turns eighteen, every boy is invited to bring a present to their first rendezvous. However, the gift is not for the girl, but for the father. Ultimately, he then determines which boy will take her on their first date. The eighteen-year-old fisherman's son Marcello doesn't believe in this tradition until he meets the lovely Elena, the mayor's daughter, who has returned to the island and is now growing up according to tradition. Marcello has the perfect present for her 18th birthday: the rooster that rudely wakes the mayor every morning. But this one is hard to come by. The butcher demands something in exchange. Soon he is forced to trade with the entire village as everyone seems to want something from someone else. Marcello's desperate search leads to a process of reconciliation among the villagers.

production

The film was shot in Liguria , in Sarzana and in Montemarcello , but also in Ventotene and in a small town near Lucerne . He had a budget of 3.2 million euros.

It was shown for the first time in Switzerland on August 12, 2008 at the Locarno Film Festival. The Italian-speaking areas followed on August 22, 2008, the German-speaking areas on October 23, 2008 and the French-speaking areas on February 25, 2009.

The film was released in Germany on June 10, 2010.

Reviews

Chineman describes the film as very contradicting and reminiscent of The Postman .

Deutschlandfunk Kultur thinks that the film could be funny if staged more carelessly. The plot fluctuates between banal and pathetic and fulfills all the clichés of an old-fashioned folk play.

Web links

• Marcello, Marcello - The summer of first love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Marcello, Marcello - The summer of first love at filmportal.de (with trailer and photo gallery)
• Marcello, Marcello - The summer of first love at swissfilms.ch
• Marcello, Marcello - The summer of first love at prisma.de
• Official page for the film

Individual evidence

1. ^ Certificate of release for Marcello, Marcello - The summer of first love . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2010 (PDF; test number: 122 712 K).
2. ↑ Marcello, Marcello - Films in the first - ARD | The first. Retrieved June 8, 2019 . 
3. ↑ FOCUS Online: "Marcello, Marcello". Retrieved June 8, 2019 . 
4. ^ ^{A b} Cinergy AG: film review Marcello Marcello. Retrieved June 8, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} - "Marcello, Marcello". Retrieved June 8, 2019 .