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film directed by Massimiliano Camaiti, based on a screenplay written by Camaiti and Claudia Bottino. Produced by the Italian company Cinemaundici, the film stars Elvira Camarrone and Roberto Christian as two high school students who fall in love after meeting at a

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-oriented summer camp on

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, though their romance is soon complicated when Camarrone's character, Sara, is diagnosed with

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. The film was released on Netflix on March 25, 2021. Originally produced in Italian, the film features

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, and

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, and features the voices of Anne Yatco and

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in the English dub.

Plot

Two high school students, Sara (16 years old) and Lorenzo (17 years old) meet in a summer camp and fall in love with each other. During a sailing session, Sara develops numbness in her muscles, a degenerative disease she is suffering from. Sara hides her illness from Lorenzo but the truth finally finds its way into their relationship. The story follows the struggle of the couple as they try to deal with the pain and keep their love sparkling.

Cast

* Elvira Camarrone as Sara * Christian Roberto as Lorenzo *

as Susanna *

as Boris *

as Antonio * Manuela Ventura as Tuccia * Rosalba Battaglia as Doctor * Daniele Pilli as Mario * Sofia Migliara as Barbara * Fabio Orso as Francesco * Angelica Alleruzzo as Marta * Giovanni D'Aleo as Gianluca * Giuseppe Severino as Andrea * Marta Paris as Caterina * Marco Feo as Ernesto * Luciano Saladino as Club Director * Marta Fullone as Lorenzo's Mother * Mattia Monien as Lorenzo's Grandmother * Simona Taormina as ISAF Technical Delegates * Maurizio Cecconi as ISAF Technical Delegates

References

External links

* * {{Netflix title 2021 films 2020s Italian-language films Italian drama films Italian-language Netflix original films Films about summer camps Films set in Sicily