Manuel Betancourt There are plenty of good reasons why the summer has emerged as a fitting backdrop (and, in turn, apt metaphor) for coming-of-age stories.
Whereas spring suggests renewal and winter retreat, the sun-dappled long days of summer lend themselves quite nicely to tales of unbridled discovery.
The sweltering heat allows for a kind of abandon that may well help you discover yourself anew, possibly for the first time.
Laura Luchetti’s touching “This Beautiful Summer” may tread familiar ground in that regard, but her handsomely mounted Italian period piece brims with a such playfully coy sensibility that you cannot help but fall for its charms.
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