Maladolescencia Maladolescenza 1977 De Pier Giuseppe Murgia Portable Jun 2026

Set against the lush, dreamlike forests and lakes of the Castel Gandolfo region, the film follows three adolescents—Fabrizio, Laura, and Silvia—as they form a volatile, sensual, and increasingly cruel love triangle. What begins as a poetic, almost mythical summer idyll (complete with nudity, horse riding, and Rousseauian naturalism) slowly curdles into psychological manipulation, betrayal, and a shocking act of violence.

Opening: a charged, quiet film Maladolescenza is framed as an intimate, pastoral tale of three children on an isolated summer retreat. The film’s beauty — sunlit forests, rivers, and an atmosphere of suspended childhood — clashes with a darker emotional current. Murgia’s visual eye creates lingering compositions that make the natural world feel both idyllic and complicit in the characters’ unfolding tensions. Set against the lush, dreamlike forests and lakes

Why portable? Because official releases are riddled with problems: The film’s beauty — sunlit forests, rivers, and