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First Love (2004 Italian film)

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Wikipedia article




'First Love' (Italian: 'Primo Amore') is an Italian 2004 erotic body horror drama film directed by Matteo Garrone and Massimo Gaudioso, loosely based on the autobiographical novel by Marco Mariolini. The film deals with anorexia nervosa.

Plot



Vittorio (Vitaliano Trevisan) is a goldsmith looking for a very thin woman to make golden figurines of. He meets a model, Sonia (Michela Cescon), whom he finds too fat. Somehow he manages to convince her to lose weight to an unhealthy degree...

Production



Michela Cescon actually lost 15 kilograms (over 30 pounds) in weight during the making of the film, as the director wanted.

Awards



The score won Banda Osiris the 2004 Silver Berlin Bear for Best Film Music. The band won at other festivals, too. At the Flaiano Film Festival, Michela Cescon won for Best Actress and Marco Onorato won for Best Cinematography.

Reception



The film "has been described as a horror movie about desire, which seems fitting." "The director takes an uncomfortably close look at obsessive love, further complicated by the troubled characters various psychological issues." Kevin Thomas of the 'Los Angeles Times' finds this film "an elegantly told tale of obsession that, in failing to take on any larger meaning, rapidly becomes depressing to watch."Kevin Thomas, "Capsule Reviews: 'Primo Amore,' 'The Man Who Copied' and 'The Painting'" 'Los Angeles Times' April 29, 2005 Thomas and others are confused as to "why she [Sonia] strives so mightily to please someone so obviously insane."

See also



* List of Italian films of 2004

References






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