Description

Un bacio 2016
1h 42min | Drama | 31 March 2016 (Italy)

Storyline:

The story of three teenager friends not accepted by their peers.

User review:

I’ll start with the bad notes. Acting and scene design might have been much better.

Sometimes they appear a bit amateurish: while a simple, real-life style might not be out of place given the themes, it’s clear the attempt to be polished and refined in most of the film. Unfortunately a lot of times photography, action and dialogue delivery are not as sharp as expected, giving a bad feeling of fiction.

This said, the movie is great. The untold topics are social conflict, integration, exclusion, hate. The context is the life in a high school for 3 teens with a complex background (and who hasn’t one?). Drama, comedy and tragedy (and even musical scenes) alternate effortlessly maintaining a level of depth, sensitivity and intelligence that can be rarely spotted in other “coming of age” productions.

Strongly advised.

Director: Ivan Cotroneo
Writers: Ivan Cotroneo (story), Ivan Cotroneo (screenplay)
Stars: Rimau Ritzberger Grillo, Valentina Romani, Leonardo Pazzagli
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Release Date: 31 March 2016 (Italy)
Also Known As: One Kiss
Filming Locations: Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy