MY soul Summer is a delicate and kind Training story that revolves around the figure of the shy Anita: a teenager ready to take flight in the world of adults. On air tonight at 9.10 pm in the first view on Rai Movie, the film is directed by Fabio Mollo and starring thetheto the winner of X Factor 2020Casadilego who, aHis film debut, surprises with his intensity and recitative skills. In the cast also a sparkling lunette Savino and the talented Tommaso Ragno: It is an old Rockstar in decline that he will teach the protagonist to find his own voice.
My Soul Summer, Plot of the film this evening in the first view on Rai Movie at 9.10 pm
The Anita teenager (Elisa Coclite aka Casadilego) is 17 years old and It is a true musical talent. Its election tool is the pianowith whom he manages to express all his personality. The great desire of his parents and, as a reflection, his too, is to enter the Conservatory. For this reason, for months it has been exercised pending the admission exam. In order to pass a quiet summer, between study and exercises, Mother Ludovica (Anna Ferzetti) He sends her to Calabria by grandmother Daria (Lunetta Savino), which has a beautiful house by the sea.
Here he should spend at least 6 hours a day to play and without distractions. In this magical place, however, he meets his childhood friend of hers, Very different from her, which takes her to beach parties And he gives you known Filippo (Matteo Oscar Giuggioli), of which Anita is in love with. The girl is like this and almost without knowing him at a crossroads. The unconditional love for music cannot keep silent about doubts about such a pre -established path.
One evening it is woken up by the music from the nearby villa. Exit to ask to lower the volume, It comes across Vins (Tommaso Spider), A mature leader of a rockband in decline. A charismatic man with an artistic temperamentincluding excesses. Vins is passing a difficult moment because of his aphonia, which does not allow him to work. Although the first meeting is not the best, A friend relationship is gradually established between the girl and the adult.
Casadilego in “My Soul Summer” (Europicutures)
My Soul Summer: the happy ending and the cast of a training story
Vins is the first to notice that Anita is not made for a classic career. As, makes her know all the beauty of soul music Thanks to wonderful voices such as the queens of the genre Nina Simone, she Fitzgerald or Aretha Franklin.
Despite her skills of protagonism, which risk suffocating the girl’s creativity, invites her to find her voice. Stimulates her to compose, write and find the courage to sing their creations. To help her is also Sara (Agnese Claisse), the daughter of Vins, who also acts as a manager. During this unforgettable summer his life will also change, thanks to theThe meeting with Vittore (Luka Zunik), a peer who lives for music but in a completely different way from his.
The director of Born for you Fabio Mollo Porta on the big screen A classic training story. An “coming of age” in which a teenagersensitive and talented, enters the world of adults Through a short time span in which new meetings and self -knowledge can make miracles. Although the subject and the plot do not shine for originalityas well as history and film construction, in My Soul Summer you can breathe a grace and a kindness Often absent in local cinema.
The merit It is also that of a well -assorted cast. If the lunetta savino It is a fun and unconventional grandmother a little hippie, alternative also in the sexual sphere, Casadilego and Tommaso Ragno (Vermilion) I am The real added value. Two souls belonging to universes to antipodes, age and inclination, who meet in the name of music.
The songs of Casadilego and the locations of the film
The soundtrack makes this anomalous relationship particularly touching. In particular, the two songs of Casadilego: the first is Ocean of lost things, Written by Mara Sattei. The second is EDINBURGH INTERMPT NO. 2. Real musical suggestions that They helped the protagonist to find a little bit of themselves also in the world of cinema.
The director then chooses to shoot all the live music scenes, giving the film authenticity and beauty. There shiny photography by Daniele Ciprì makes the summer setting really enchantingperfect counterattack of a bright future.
Although the director has shot in different places (also in Rome), Calabria is the main location of the film, In particular, the city of Locri. Here is the splendid villa, the scene of many events. Other scenes were shot in the “Ugo Caridi” district house in Catanzaro.