You Gotta See This

Prediction: trips to Italy are about to get booked post haste.

If you ever went to Europe in your youth (or fell in love fast and hard in your early 20s – or both) you will love the gorgeous and romantic new Kate Bosworth vehicle And While We Were Here, set on the Amalfi Coast. With all that stunning warm light, blue water, dramatic cliffs and cobblestones that you’ll remember from The Talented Mr. Ripley, it’s reminiscent of the Italian neo-realists in style but utterly modern in story. In this film, Bosworth (a magazine writer working on a WWII memoir) accompanies her anal, viola-playing husband on a business trip only to get seduced by a younger American man (payed to excellent effect by newcomer Jamie Blackley) who is volunteering with an environmental project on a nearby island. Many cliff jumping, Vespa riding, and clothes-removing scenes ensue, but the film manages to be a profound essay on marriage, trust, grief and love.

Oh and Kate’s granny-chic wardrobe is awesome, too. Sarah Bancroft

Watch the trailer here.

Available now on iTunes. Theatrical release September 13, 2013.