The script is the work of Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo and Paolo Virzi, the director himself.
The cast includes Valerio Mastandrea, Micaela Ramazzotti, Stefania Sandrelli, Claudia Pandolfi and Marco Messeri, among others.
The synopsis of the movie "The Beautiful First Thing" is as follows:
What does it mean to have a beautiful, vital, frivolous and disturbing mom? This is the torment that Anna's firstborn Bruno has endured since he was eight years old. It all began in the summer of 1971 when, during the election of the queen of the most famous spa in all Livorno, Anna was surprisingly called to the box and obtained the crown of “the most beautiful mother”. This causes quite a stir in the Michelucci family. Since then, an adventure begins for Anna, Bruno and their sister Valeria that will end with an unexpected and moving reconciliation.