Directed by Ivan Cotroneo Cinematography Luca Bigazzi | Produced by Francesca Cima Edited by Ilaria Fraioli | |
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Written by Ivan Cotroneo
Monica Rametta Starring Rimau Grillo Ritzberger
Valentina Romani
Leonardo Pazzagli | ||
One Kiss is 2016 Italian film, directed by Ivan Cotroneo and based on the novel with the same name, written by him and published in 2010 by Bompiani. The film main themes are homophobia and bullying in schools.
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Plot
Antonio is basketball player in high-school team, a rising star, but it doesn't make him popular in the school in small northern Italian town. He is a closeted kid, most of time silent and grieving over older brother's death. Most of his teammates consider him a dumb. Blu is a sharp and smart girl, who, after been discovered to have sex with her boyfriend and three of his friends at the same time, is fighting with graffiti, calling her slut and sprayed on the school walls. The new kid Lorenzo is openly gay. He is just adopted from orphanage in Turin and guards himself by extravagant behavior and extreme sense of fashion. The three teenagers starting an unusual, but good friendship, fighting back bullying schoolmates with immense success. But, then, one single kiss changes their future, leading to a great tragedy.