Summer season Games ((Giochi d'estate))

'Summer Games'A Look Now! (in Europe) relieve a Peacock Film, Classic production, in colaboration with RSI, RSG SSR, Arte. (Worldwide sales: Rezo Films, Paris.) Produced by Elena Pedrazzoli, Amedeo Pagani. Executive producer, Ilann Girard. Directed by Rolando Colla. Script, Colla, Roberto Scarpetti, Olivier Lorelle, Pilar Anguita-MacKay, Zoe Galeron.With: Armando Condolucci, Fiorella Campanella, Francesco Huang, Chiara Scolari, Marco d'Orazi, Alessia Barela, Antonio Merone, Roberta Fossile, Aaron Hitz, Monica Cervini, Giorgio Gobbi, Max Zampetti, Michele Napoleone. (Italian, French dialogue)There's not new in the world in "Summer season Games," a fantastically shot and mostly well-socialized drama that crudely juxtaposes the every once in awhile overlapping cell phone industry's of grownups and youngsters within an Italo campground. Latest feature by Rolanda Colla, a Swiss director of Italian descent, is credited with a staggering five screenwriters (like the helmer) but struggles to build up something original to convey the grown-up characters' pre-divorce bickering particularly comes lower to some pileup of threadbare cliches. Good-searching pic will repetition Europe inside the foreign-language Oscar derby and contains arranged a few scattered niche theatrical activities in continental Europe. Occur a campground round the sunny Italian coast, "Games" initially focuses on sulky digital digital rebel kid Nic (Armando Condolucci), who's at odds along with his somewhat crass working-class father, Vincenzo (Antonio Merone). They're on vacation with Nic's kid brother, Agostino (Marco d'Orazi), as well as the boys' mother, Adriana (Alessia Barela), whose marriage to Vincenzo clearly has seen better days. When safeguarding Agostino's recognition, Nic (short for Nicola) can get in to a scuffle with Marie (Fiorella Campanella), a lady from French-speaking Europe who also talks Italian. She's also on vacation along with her family, having a youthful sister (Chiara Scolari). As often happens with kids, their mutual bitterness is rapidly forgotten when bigger group adventures beckon, namely a rickety shed in the nearby cornfield that becomes the hideout of those two sister sets together with a nearby kid (Francesco Huang). Even though daredevilry, cruelty and uninhibited character in the children's games appear somewhat familiar, Colla finds exactly the right tone with this particular material, remaining observant without becoming sensationalistic, preachy or too detached. Sadly, the identical cannot be mentioned in the film's portrait of Nic's parents, who appear stuck less in the loveless marriage just like a simple template of conjugal strife. The means by which Colla and also the small military of authors contrast the overbearing presence of Nic's father, which has anger-management issues, with the fact Marie, Nic's potential paramour, does not have father, is actually on-the-nose it handles to get rid of any symbolic or undercover impact. Carrying out a somewhat shaky start, youthful Condolucci evolves into his role and can acquire some strong moments through which he becomes the narrative linchpin, embodying that difficult age when kids become conscious of a number of things their parents do aren't right, but haven't enter their particular enough to forthrightly dismiss authority. Opposite him, Campanella is less consistent, while Merone particularly is boxed in by weak character development. Other artists are often fine. Besides Condolucci, the film's other star is undoubtedly the cinematography of newcomer Lorenz Merz, which luxuriates in sun-dappled and penumbral designs and tanned summer season skin tone. It achieves some contrasts and detail that's rarely seen on HD films (shot here while using Red-colored-colored camera) and may catapult him up report on youthful lensers to make use of in Euroland.Camera (color, HD-to-35mm), Lorenz Merz editors, Colla, Didier Ranz music, Bernd Schurer, Nikolaj Grandjean production designers, Paola Genni, Martino Sulmoni, Andi Schraemli costume designers, Daniela Verdenelli, Sara Facchini appear (Dolby Digital), Juerg Lempen. Examined at Thessaloniki Film Festival (Open Horizons), November. 7, 2011. (In Venice, Toronto, Busan, Warsaw film festivals.) Running time: 98 MIN. Contact Boyd van Hoeij at news@variety.com