''Summer of Giacomo'' – on light, river, desire and youth

After the critically acclaimed short documentary about hunting, The Hunting Fever (2008), screened in Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, the Italian director Alessandro Comodin directed a perfect portrayal of youth in Summer of Giacomo.

Nineteen-year-old Giacomo, deaf since birth, and sixteen-year-old Stefania, his childhood friend, come to a river on a picnic. Like in an enchanted fairly tale, they get lost in the woods and discover a beautiful place, alone and free, this afternoon that seems to last a whole summer… TRAILER

The film was screened at around twenty international festivals and won several important prizes, including the Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present in Locarno in 2011.

Directors often deal with passionate manifestations of love, and very rarely with desire preceding it. Alessandro Comodin’s camera records precisely this fugitive feeling… VOX