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L'Estate di Martino

  • Screening: May 18, 2013   

In the summer of 1980, on the backdrop of two tragic events, the downing of a commercial airliner over Ustica and the bombing of the train station in Bologna, we meet Martino, a shy introverted fourteen years old that is spending his vacations with an older brother and his friends. One day, while walking on the beach, they see three American soldiers surfing in the beach inside the military zone controlled by NATO. Martino is impressed by the ability of the soldiers to ride the waves and, entering the forbidden beach thru a hole in the net, he runs into Captain Jeff Clark. A strange friendship is born between the two, growing with the surfing lessons Captain Clark is giving Martino while he is falling in love with his older brother friend.
IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

L'Estate di Martino

Screening

  • Date: May 18, 2013

About the Film

  • English: Martino's Summer
  • Duration: 90 min
  • Genre:
  • Release: 2010
  • Stars: Luigi Ciardo, Matilde Pezzotta, Pietro Masotti, Treat Williams
  • Movie Writers: Giorgio Fabbri, Massimo Natale
  • Director: Massimo Natale
  • Photography: Vladan Radovic
  • Producer: Mario Mazzarotto
  • Music Director: Roberto Colavalle

Awards

Miami Italian Film Festival 2012: in Competition
Festival International du Film d’Amour de Mons 2012: Competition du Meilleur Premier Film Europeen
Journees du Cinema Italien Nice 2012: En Competition
Nice 2012: Official Selection
Australia-Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2011
Flaiano International Prizes 2011: Winner Audience Award
Golden Globes Italy 2011: Nominated for Best First Feature (Massimo Natale)
Reincontre du Cinema Italien a Toulouse 2011: Panorama
Zlin Film Festival 2011: International Competition of Full-Length European First Films
Rome International Film Festival 2010: Alice nella Citta Competition