38th edition
17-25 january 2026

L'Estate di Giacomo

Alessandro Comodin

Image L'Estate di Giacomo
FranceItalyBelgium
2011 Fiction 1h18
It is summer in the countryside of North Western Italy. Giacomo, a 19 year-old deaf teenager, leaves with his best friend Stefania to picnic by the river. As they leave the beaten track, they get lost and end up in a little paradise where they find themselves alone and free. During the afternoon their children's games are accompanied by sensuality until they become aware that these events are only the bitter-sweet memory of a time that is already past.
Screenplay : Alessandro Comodin
Image : Tristan Bordmann
Sound : Julien Courroye
Editing : Joao Nicolau, Alessandro Comodin
Music : Jonathan Richman – Dupap
Production : Les Films d'Ici, Valérianne Boué et Réjane Michel / Faber Film, Paolo Benzi / Les Films Nus, Alessandro Comodin, Marie Géhin
Contact : courrier@lesfilmsdici.fr
Alessandro Comodin was born on 2 June 1982 in Italy. He graduated in directing from the INSAS in Brussels and in 2009 he made his short film Jagdfieber, presented that year at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. He currently lives between Paris and Brussels, but returned to his native village to shoot Giacomo's Summer, his first feature.