The First Beautiful Thing

The First Beautiful Thing
Film poster
Directed byPaolo Virzì
Written byPaolo Virzì
Francesco Bruni
Francesco Piccolo
Produced byPaolo Virzì
Starring
CinematographyNicola Pecorini
Edited bySimone Manetti
Music byCarlo Virzì
Production
company
Distributed byPalisades Tartan
Release date
  • 15 January 2010 (2010-01-15)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The First Beautiful Thing (Italian: La prima cosa bella) is a 2010 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars Micaela Ramazzotti, Valerio Mastandrea, Claudia Pandolfi and Stefania Sandrelli. On 9 November 2010 the film opened at the Cinema Italian style Film Festival in Los Angeles. Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, it was not nominated.