''First Light'' ( ), also known as ''The First Light'', is a 2015

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

written and directed by

Vincenzo Marra Vincenzo Marra (born Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, w ...

and starring

Riccardo Scamarcio Riccardo Dario Scamarcio (; born 13 November 1979) is an Italian actor and film producer. Early life Scamarcio was born in Trani, Apulia, the son of Irene Petrafesa, a painter, and Emilio Scamarcio. He went to train as an actor at the Scuola ...

. It was screened in the Venice Days section at the

72nd Venice International Film Festival The 72nd annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, was held from 2 to 12 September 2015, at Venice Lido in Italy. Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón was the jury president for the main competition. French-Italian actress ...

, in which it won the Pasinetti Award for Venice Days' Best film.

Plot

Marco is a young and cynical lawyer from Bari. He lives with his partner Martina and their 7-year-old son Mateo. The love story between Marco and Martina, who is Chilean, is about to end. Martina wants to go back to Chile with little Mateo, but Marco doesn't agree as he doesn't want to be separated from his son. However, Martina decides to run away with Mateo, going to Chile and losing her tracks. Marco has no news of his son, and after a period of anguish and confusion he decides to go look for him. He finds himself in a South American metropolis of 6 million people, a reality that makes his research difficult. After an agonizing and inconclusive search, Martina and Mateo seem to have vanished into thin air.

Cast

as Marco * Daniela Ramirez as Martina * Gianfabio Pezzolla as Mateo * Luis Gnecco as Ramos, the Lawyer * Alejandro Goic as Carlos, the Detective * Paulina Urrutia as the Judge * Maria Eugenia Barrenechea as Martina's Aunt

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* 2015 drama films 2015 films Italian drama films Films directed by Vincenzo Marra 2010s Italian films {{2010s-Italy-drama-film-stub

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