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Swing Ride

Swing Ride

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 24, 2022

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Drama

User Score

62%

Original Title

Calcinculo

Production Companies

Tempesta, tellfilm, RAI Cinema, Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Director

Chiara Bellosi

Description

Benedetta, an obese fifteen-year-old yearning for attention, lives in a tawdry province in the south of Italy, emblematic of her inner landscape where everything could be and yet is not. She falls in love with Armando, aka Amanda, a young transvestite who is attracted to the young girl's innocence and begins an unhealthy relationship of mutual dependence with her. Amanda runs a carousel at the fair across the street from Benedetta's house, and the girl is magnetically drawn to this colorful and exciting world. But Amanda not only runs the carousel, she's also a call boy and sells drugs. Between intoxication and family rebellion and the discovery of sex - a great disappointment - she completes her rite of passage into adulthood.