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One Kiss

Original title: Un bacio
  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.3K
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One Kiss (2016)
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The story of three teenager friends not accepted by their peers.The story of three teenager friends not accepted by their peers.The story of three teenager friends not accepted by their peers.

  • Director
    • Ivan Cotroneo
  • Writers
    • Ivan Cotroneo
    • Monica Rametta
  • Stars
    • Rimau Ritzberger Grillo
    • Valentina Romani
    • Leonardo Pazzagli
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Ivan Cotroneo
    • Writers
      • Ivan Cotroneo
      • Monica Rametta
    • Stars
      • Rimau Ritzberger Grillo
      • Valentina Romani
      • Leonardo Pazzagli
    • 9User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Rimau Ritzberger Grillo
    • Lorenzo
    Valentina Romani
    Valentina Romani
    • Blu
    Leonardo Pazzagli
    • Antonio
    Thomas Trabacchi
    Thomas Trabacchi
    • Renato (Padre di Lorenzo)
    Susy Laude
    • Stefania (Madre di Lorenzo)
    Giorgio Marchesi
    Giorgio Marchesi
    • Davide (Padre di Blu)
    Simonetta Solder
    Simonetta Solder
    • Nina (Madre di Blu)
    Sergio Romano
    • Vincenzo (Padre di Antonio)
    Laura Mazzi
    • Ines (Madre di Antonio)
    Eugenio Franceschini
    Eugenio Franceschini
    • Gio
    Denis Fasolo
    Denis Fasolo
    • Professor Santoro
    Lisa Galantini
    • Professoressa Messina
    Sara Bertelà
    • Professoressa Longardi
    Marit Nissen
    Marit Nissen
    • Conduttrice televisiva
    Alessandro Sperduti
    Alessandro Sperduti
    • Massimo
    Davide Banfi
    • Marco - Amico di Marco
    Daniela Gattorno
    • Preside
    Adriano Giraldi
    • Bidello
    • Director
      • Ivan Cotroneo
    • Writers
      • Ivan Cotroneo
      • Monica Rametta
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    9Red-125

    Which ending is the "real" one?

    The Italian movie Un bacio was shown in the U.S. with the translated title One Kiss (2016). It was written and directed by Ivan Cotroneo.

    This is an interesting film that will grab your attention from the opening shot, and will hold your attention until it ends. (Actually, it has two endings. We all prefer one ending to the other, but we can't say which one is "real" in the context of the film.)

    Rimau Ritzberger Grillo plays Lorenzo, a flamboyant, openly gay high school student. Naturally, he attracts homophobic criticism, but he is able to shake it off. Leonardo Pazzagli portrays Antonio, a straight, but different, classmate. Antonio is a star basketball player, so the other young men pretty much leave him alone. They don't like him, but they respect his athletic abilities. Sadly, Antonio doesn't like himself very much. He compares his own quiet character with that of his dead brother. His brother was outgoing and well liked, and Antonio is standing the the shadow of the brother he loved and admired.

    Valentina Romani plays Blu, a young woman with the reputation of being a slut. (How she developed this reputation is one of the film's denouements.) She looks a little like Emma Watson, and she plays the Hermione role in the movie. She is the friend of both, and both of them adore her. All of the three protagonists are outcasts, but they stand together and defy the world. This stance works until it doesn't, and that's what we watch in the second half of the movie.

    We saw this film at the excellent Little Theatre, as part of the wonderful ImageOut, the Rochester LGBT Film Festival. It was one of 22 films to have its East Coast or New York State premiere in Rochester. Un bacio carries a 6.8 rating on IMDb. That's not too bad, but I think it's better than that. It will work well on the small screen. It's worth seeking out and watching.
    3JvH48

    My minority viewpoint: disappointing contents, faulty storytelling, and emphasis on wrong scenes whereas other scenes seem neglected

    Seen at the Movies That Matter film festival 2017 in The Hague. Disappointing, storytelling-wise as well as how the fantasies of main protagonists were visualized. The clearest example of the latter is Lorenzo's arrival at his new school. We see him drop his backpack and dance his way into the building with the other pupils applauding. Another example, not much better than the former, can be found in Lorenzo's dialogues with his dead brother.

    Plot and developments overall are not involving, and as such not as moving as the film makers apparently had hoped for. The composition of the threesome is a bit artificial, seemingly only setup to expose and thus emphasize their differences, their sole binding factor being that all three were treated as outsiders by their peers.

    The story around Blu does not receive the attention it deserves. It leaves unclear why she still hangs out with one of the guys who filmed her while she was sedated and seduced by him and his three friends, something that appears later to be a full-fledged gang-rape, less consented than Blu herself tells everyone repeatedly. The rest of the school has earmarked her as "easy to get", words like sl*t are graffiti-d on walls all over the area. The footage itself was not made public, yet the seduction was known all along by other means (gossip?? hearsay??). Near the end of the movie when Blu happens to see the whole footage and learns what really happened with her and the foursome "friends", it triggers her to take formal steps against them, together with her parents and eventually involving the police. How and why that developed is covered in only a few minutes, hence left us wondering.

    When our three main protagonists are taking a swim at a deserted place outside, Lorenzo makes his move to Antonio and touches him, something that Antonio apparently does not take well and he leaves without saying anything, despite Blu calling after him to learn why he left. I cannot reveal further developments, in fear of spoilers. But in the end, also somewhat artificial, we see the very same scene where Lorenzo touches Antonio, with a totally different outcome, leaving us outguessing how it will develop. This is where the movie ends with showing the final credits, leaving us wondering again.

    All in all, I feel a bit lost because of the generally positive reviews, by non-critics as well as critics. None of them even touches the objections I outlined above. In other words, this is a minority viewpoint. Most probably, my age (67) will be deemed the culprit.
    10swedeboi

    Do NOT quit this movie!!

    I've never seen a movie with a gay theme that holds as much entertainment value for straights, gays, men, or women as this movie. It has it all, and it ends most remarkably.

    Imagine, if you can, a Italian (English subtitled) movie featuring all the qualities of a flip gay musical that suddenly turns into a traumatic and beautifully-scored but star-crossed love affair, and then ends with power, pathos, and a strong message. That's Un Bacio.

    The actors are superb--a gay boy Lorenzo played by the almost too pretty Rimau Grillo Ritzberger, a girl Blu played by the beautiful Valentina Romani, and a straight boy Antonio played by the stunningly handsome Leonardo Pazzagli (pronounced pahtz-EYE-ee). They play three best-of-friends, more or less outsiders at their high school. But Lorenzo falls in love with Antonio, who falls in love with Blu, who loves an another man out of school. It's obviously complicated, and it only gets more so when Lorenzo finally shows his affection for an unreceptive Antonio. The drama builds from there in traumatic scenes that anyone who has suffered unrequited love can understand. The heaviest scenes are scored perfectly to songs like Hurts and Read All About It...so perfectly that you will want re-watch these scenes many times.

    Here I must stop. An enormous spoiler is possible, and I will not go there. I will say only that is a movie with beautiful sets, beautiful music, beautiful faces, powerful acting, sadness, tragedy, love, joy, and a message. Ask yourself how often you see a movie with all of that.

    Just don't quit at the butterflies and musical interludes. They'll make more sense in retrospect. This movie is...what is the Italian word?....oh, yes...

    FANTASTICO!!
    9t-dooley-69-386916

    Superb Italian Film of growing Up Coming Out and Falling in Love

    Set in a provincial Italian school where a teenage boy has just been adopted by progressive thinking parents. They need to be as this is Lorenzo and he is 'as gay as Bloomingdales at Christmas' (I nicked that from 'Will and Grace'). Once there he meets Blu who is the offspring of hippy type parents and whose good name is besmirched as a result of a 'full on party gal' reputation.

    They are outcast and everyone hates them. There is also the dashingly good looking and painfully unaware Antonio, he is great at basketball and so is tolerated but as he spends so much time with the ghost of his dead brother, he is not seen as 'cool kid' material. They soon form up as three friends and set about righting a few wrongs. Thing is it does not take much to break the fragile and fledgling new found friendship.

    Now this is just brilliant. I loved it from the start, there are dance routines, there is animation, there are fabulous outfits, there is humour, pathos and it is all wrapped up in great acting, a powerful yet simple story and a moving narrative. This like Lorenzo deserves a lot more attention and for fans of LGBT cinema there is much here to admire, but moreover it is a simple story of love, longing, friendship, fear and truth – simply can not recommend enough and now my gush is over.
    10linadamevska

    Surprisingly excellent

    When I first decided to watch this movie, I did so knowing that it could end up being an Italian The Perks of Being a Wallflower. But this film is something entirely different, regardless of how similar some aspects might sound. It tells the story of three teenagers, all rejected from their peers and for different reasons. Blu, a confident, openly sexually active girl. Antonio, who regardless of being a brilliant basketball player is made fun of for being unintelligent. And Lorenzo, an eccentric and openly gay boy. He moves from Turin and into a town that is way to conservative and small for his ambitions.

    Regardless of the dance scenes, eccentric clothes and the "cartoonish" edits, this film was quite realistic, and successful in capturing the troubles of teenagers without making it look overly "angsty" or melodramatic. Some of the soundtracks were a bit off, and some scenes could have been avoided completely, but overall a great film. I have no idea why Un Bacio (One kiss) hasn't boomed in the LGBT community yet. It definitely should get more attention.

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    • Release date
      • April 26, 2017 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
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    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Bir Öpücük
    • Filming locations
      • Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Indigo Film
      • Titanus
      • Lucky Red
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      • $502,615
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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