Love and Gelato

​"Love and Gelato".

Watched English movie "Love and Gelato". 

This movie is directed by Brandon Camp. Written by Brandon Camp. Produced by Brandon Camp and others . It stars Susanna Skaggs, Owen McDonnell, Anjelica Washington, Valentina Lodovani, Tobia De Angelis, Saul Nanni. Cinematography by Thomas Scott Stanton. Music by Kostas Christides. Film runs for  1 hour and 50 minutes and was released in June 2022. I watched it on 26th Jun 2022 on Netflix with Aditi .

Lina promised her (now dead) mother that she will spend a summer in Rome with mothers best friend, before starting her university. Here she meets two young men who are diametrically opposite. She also meets Howie and Francesca, her mothers friends.  She falls in love with the city and gelato. 

It’s a coming of age romantic drama. Lina comes to Rome for a vacation and it turns into self discovery. Secrets tumble out of the closet. Two young men vie for her. Who will she choose? 

Two things were not palatable. The significance of gelato is not enough to include in movie title. The end after one year was unnecessary. It was good to hear lot of Italian dialogues after a long time. 

Susanna plays Lina. The American in Italian setting. Tobia (rich, playboy) and Saul (poor, honest) play the young men. Owen plays Howie, the silent lover. But it’s Valentina’s Francesca that everyone loves. She portrays a happy go lucky, fun loving, single, middle aged Italian lady. 

Positives: Feel good. 

Negatives: Gelato.  

Watch when you are in good mood.