Under the Riccione Sun

Under the Riccione Sun (Sotto il sole di Riccione, 2020) is an Italian teen romantic comedy directed by Niccolò Celaia and Antonio Usbergo that you can watch online on iFILM. It drops a group of teenagers onto the packed Adriatic beaches of Riccione — Italy's summer playground — where August heat and proximity do predictable but enjoyable things to everyone's feelings.

Several storylines run in parallel: a first crush, a relationship coming apart, a flirtation that nobody knows how to name. Cristiano Caccamo, Saul Nanni and Lorenzo Zurzolo lead the male side of the ensemble; Ludovica Martino and Fotinì Peluso anchor the female. Isabelle Ferrari and Luca Ward appear in supporting roles. The plot moves at beach pace — unhurried, sun-drenched, occasionally interrupted by a bad phone signal at the worst moment.

Released by Netflix, the film quickly found a large Italian-speaking audience. It is not a film that complicates itself; that is precisely the point. Stream Under the Riccione Sun (2020) online on iFILM.