

A gay couple living in San Francisco takes in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America, discovering each other and forming the most unlikely of relationships along the way.
Acting
Matilda Lutz weaponizes vulnerability; you can't look away.
Cinematography
San Francisco glows like a promise nobody keeps.

Director
Gabriele Muccino
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Muccino shot this between Hollywood gigs; the Italian-to-English script shifts were improvised on set.
Released the same year as Call Me By Your Name, this was Italy's messier, less nostalgic answer to the 'gay summer romance' boom.