Venice Calling

Venice Calling

5.9IMDb Score
Released:2019-05-29
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Duration:95 min
Country:Belgium, France
Director:Ivan Calbérac
Actors:Benoît Poelvoorde, Valérie Bonneton, Hélie Thonnat, Eugène Marcuse, Coline D'Inca
Production:France 2 Cinéma, SCOPE Pictures, StudioCanal

Overview:

Emile is fifteen. He lives in Montargis, between a sweet-crazy father and a mother who has always dyed his hair blond, because, it seems, he is more beautiful like that. When the girl who pleases him more than anything invites him to Venice for the holidays, he is overjoyed. Only problem, his parents decide to accompany him - This is the story of a teenager born into an unclassifiable family, the story of a first love, miraculous and fragile. This is the story of an initiatory and incredible journey where life often takes unawares, but where Venice, it will be at the rendezvous.

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