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Summertime

2016 · 103 min

A gentle, sunlit road-trip romance about strangers becoming close, easy to watch and quietly heartfelt.

Directed by
Gabriele Muccino
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Brando Pacitto, Matilda Lutz, Joseph Haro
Overview
A gay couple living in San Francisco takes in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America, discovering each other and forming the most unlikely of relationships along the way.

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Directed by
Gabriele Muccino
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Brando Pacitto, Matilda Lutz, Joseph Haro
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • identity
    • found family
    • immigration
    Places
    • big city
    • road trip
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour4
    Realism7
    Romance6
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    romance, drama
    Directed by
    Gabriele Muccino
    Written by
    Gabriele Muccino, Dale Nall
    Starring
    Brando Pacitto, Matilda Lutz, Joseph Haro, Taylor Frey, Laura Cayouette, Jessica Rothe, Tatiana Luter, Timothy Martin
    Music
    Jovanotti
    Cinematography
    Paolo Caimi
    Runtime
    103 min
    Country
    Italy
    Languages
    Italian, English

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