2023 · comedy · romance · drama
The Hottest Summer
Directed by Matteo Pilati1h 36m2023
Each year Lucia volunteers at a Summer Camp in Sicily. This summer however, will be the hottest on record, not just because of the crazy weather, but also because of Nicola, the new soon-to-be-priest deacon who, besides being extremely handsome, hides a tormented and idealistic soul. His arrival sows panic in this seaside community, upsetting Lucia's plans forever.
Our read: The Hottest Summer (2023) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
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