PRIMAVERA
Genre
Historical and Biography
Running time
109 minutes
Year
2025
Language
Italian
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
Italy and France
Director
Damiano Michieletto
Bio
Producer
Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori, Viola Prestieri
Cast
Tecia Insolia, Michele Riondino, Andrea Pennacchi, Fabrizia Sacchi, Valentina Bellè, Stefano Accorsi
Scriptwriter
Ludovica Rampoldi
Primavera is a haunting story set in a vividly recreated Venice, a tale of art and music, opportunity and repression. Damiano Michieletto’s drama transports us to the Ospedale della Pietà in the early 1700s, an orphanage where musically gifted girls perform new works as part of a lucrative orchestra. When Antonio Vivaldi is hired, he identifies Cecilia’s clear talent and makes her first violin, but her fate has been long-since foretold. Tecla Insolia plays Cecilia with a tenderness that cuts through time — her predicament reverberating across the ages. While not completely factual, Vivaldi did teach at the Ospedale for 40 years, and the film is based on a literary novel whose core truth resonates here.
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