An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
Direction
Guadagnino's sensual style already forming, thankfully more refined later.
Acting
Valverde commits fully to an impossible role.
Director
Luca Guadagnino
María Valverde
Melissa P.
Letizia Ciampa
Manuela
Primo Reggiani
Daniele
Fabrizia Sacchi
Daria
Geraldine Chaplin
Nonna Elvira
Claudio Santamaria
Custode del museo
Elio Germano
Arnaldo
Alba Rohrwacher
Cielia
Giulio Berruti
Roberto
Nilo Mur
Marco
Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Istruttore di nuoto
Marcello Mazzarella
Chiunque
Davide Pasti
Leo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the allegedly autobiographical novel '100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed' by Melissa Panarello, published when she was 16.
This was Guadagnino's second feature, made before his masterpiece streak—critics largely consider it a misstep he'd rather forget.
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