The First Beautiful Thing (2010)
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies 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. 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.
Director:
Paolo Virzì
Writers:
Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì.
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Valerio Mastandrea as Bruno Michelucci |
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Micaela Ramazzotti as Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 1971-1981 |
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Stefania Sandrelli as Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 2009 |
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Claudia Pandolfi as Valeria Michelucci |
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Marco Messeri as Il Nesi |
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Fabrizia Sacchi as Sandra |
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Aurora Frasca as Valeria Michelucci 1971 |
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Giacomo Bibbiani as Bruno Michelucci 1971 |
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Giulia Burgalassi as Valeria Michelucci 1981 |
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Francesco Rapalino as Bruno Michelucci 1981 |
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Sergio Albelli as Mario Michelucci |
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Isabella Cecchi as Zia Leda Nigiotti |
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Emanuele Barresi as Roberto Lenzi |
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Dario Ballantini as Avvocato Cenerini |
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Paolo Ruffini as Cristiano Cenerini |
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Fabrizio Brandi as Giancarlo 2009 |
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Jacopo Dini as Giancarlo 1981 |
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Michele Crestacci as Luciano Vallesi |
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Roberto Rondelli as Armando Mansani (as Bobo Rondelli) |
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Sirio Malfatti as Professor Cerrai |
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Alessio Colombini as Anselmo Viani |
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Paolo Giommarelli as Conte Paoletti |
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Alessia Innocenti as Contessa Paoletti |
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Giorgio Algranti as Vicesindaco |
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Claudio Marmugi as Presentatore Miss Pancaldi |
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Alessandra Cantini as Elena Talini 1981 |
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Edoardo Ferrari as Andrea Baldacci 1981 |
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Domenico Cirianni as Andrea Baldacci 2009 |
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Elena Bernardini as Giovane farmacista |
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Isabelle Adriani as Giuliana Cenerini 1971-1981 |
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Marcellina Ruocco as Giuliana Cenerini 2009 |
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Marco Risi as Dino Risi |
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Raffaele Vannoli as Fotografo di scena |
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Diego Salvadori as Aldo |
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Alessio Silipo as Sergio |
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Lucilla Serchi as Professoressa |
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Giovanni Rindi as Marcello Mastroianni |
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Franca Antongiovanni as Dirimpettaia |
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Ada Antongiovanni as Dirimpettaia |
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Maria Pia Aricó as Chiara, fidanzata Cristiano Cenerini |
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Daniela Carrozzi as Cuoca |
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Toto Barbato as Traslocatore |
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Sara Mannucci as Infermiera |
| Directing | Paolo Virzì | Director |
| Production | Dario Ceruti | Casting |
| Production | Gabriele Muccino | Producer |
| Directing | Elisabetta Boni | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Ferdinando Bonifazi | Production Manager |
| Production | Elisabetta Boni | Casting |
| Directing | Dario Ceruti | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Lorenzo Grasso | Casting |
| Sound | Carlo Virzì | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Nicola Pecorini | Director of Photography |
| Art | Tonino Zera | Production Design |
| Editing | Simone Manetti | Editor |
| Writing | Paolo Virzì | Story |
| Writing | Francesco Bruni | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesco Bruni | Story |
| Production | Marco Cohen | Producer |
| Writing | Francesco Piccolo | Story |
| Production | Benedetto Habib | Producer |
| Sound | Mario Iaquone | Sound |
| Writing | Francesco Piccolo | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Pescucci | Costume Design |
| Production | Fabrizio Donvito | Producer |
| Writing | Paolo Virzì | Screenplay |
| Directing | Lorenzo Grasso | First Assistant Director |
