2008 · comedy
A summer at the sea
Directed by Carlo Vanzina1h 51m2008
Set against the sun-soaked shores of Italy in the summertime, seven different tales unfold about life, love, loss, family, and friendship.
Our read: A summer at the sea (2008) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
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