PREVIEW: Luca (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jacob Tremblay (Room), Jack Dylan Grazer (It), Emma Berman (film debut), Marco Barricelli (film debut), Saverio Raimondo (film debut), Maya Rudolph (The Mitchells vs. The Machines), Jim Gaffigan (Playmobil: The Movie), Sandy Martin (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Giacomo Gianniotti (Race), Marina Massironi (That’s Life), Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Enrico Casarosa (film debut), director; Jesse Andrews (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and Mike Jones (Soul), writers; Andrea Warren (Cars 3), producer; Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild), composer; David Juan Bianchi (film debut) and Kim White (film debut), cinematographers; Catherine Apple (Onward) and Jason Hudak (Cars 3), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In Portorosso, a small seaside town on the Italian Riviera, a 13-year-old boy named Luca (Tremblay) shares exciting adventures with his best friend Alberto (Grazer), and local girl Giulia (Berman). However, unbeknownst to everyone else, Luca and Alberto are actually sea monsters from below the surface, who have taken on the forms of human boys to explore life above the ocean…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The newest Pixar film is a sunny, sweet and imaginative coming-of-age drama with a touch of fantasy, this time exploring the joys and wonders of growing up in the Italian Riviera.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH JUNE 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+

 

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