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This Coming-of-Age Movie From Producer Luca Guadagnino Starts Provocative, but Quickly Becomes Insufferable — Movie Review

When citing influential coming-of-age films from the 21st century, Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name is frequently name-dropped. Through the aforementioned title, the Italian director captured ...
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In ‘Diciannove,’ Italian coming of age takes a literary turn, but ends up just as sticky

Late in Italian writer-director Giovanni Tortorici’s pop-up book of a coming-of-age movie “Diciannove” (Nineteen), there’s a great scene in which his arrogant, neurotic protagonist, Leonardo (Manfredi ...
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10 Essential Coming-of-Age Movies, Ranked

If there's one thing that cinema can reliably do, it's perfectly capture the pain, angst, and heartache of coming-of-age. Ever since the dawn of movies, filmmakers worldwide have been sharing their ...