My Summer with the Shark (2023)

Original title

Denti da squalo

Directed by

Davide Gentile

Genre

adventure, drama

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

T

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two poor kids befriend a great white shark kept in a cage. They try to free the shark from its captivity.

underdoggrittytenderslow-burnsummerybittersweetunsettlingatmospheric

What happens

My Summer with the Shark (Italian: Denti da squalo, lit. 'shark teeth') is a 2023 Italian coming-of-age crime drama film directed by Davide Gentile, in his feature film directorial debut, from a Solinas Award–winning screenplay written by Valerio Cilio and Gianluca Leoncini. The plot follows two street kids who befriend a captive great white shark. Virginia Raffaele, Edoardo Pesce, and Claudio Santamaria star in supporting roles. A co-production of Goon Films, Lucky Red and Ideacinema with the State–owned Rai Cinema, it was Gabriele Mainetti's debut as a producer outside of films he had himself directed. The film premiered at the Etna Comics on 1 June 2023, before being released on 8 June 2023 by Lucky Red. It was a box office bomb, grossing €249,609 on a budget of €3.5 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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