L'estate di Giacomo

It’s a lazy summer for Giacomo and Stefania. They wander through the woods of northeastern Italy to find just the perfect river to chill. They are teens with no worries, they are just living. Simplicity and sensuality take over in this docu-drama full of summer sounds and layed back images reminding us what it means being alive. Their relationship never gets defined, it’s extremely loving and sensual and when the night falls the local luna park welcomes them with the merry-go rounds, teddy bears and music where they close their eyes and just dance with all the clumsiness of their youth. A film that smells like watermelon suncream, tastes like salt, feels like sand and sounds like crickets arousing all our senses. (Nina Veligradi)