“I went to an international high school in Florence and one of my friends grew up in an American cemetery, where her father was the caretaker. “This story has been with me for more than half of my life,” Welch told PW. Gennaro Formisano served as executive producer. The movie was written and directed by Brandon Camp ( Beni), who also produced alongside Viola Prestieri. In the Eternal City, Lina finds a new connection to her mother-in the form of the diary she kept during her own stay in Italy-while enjoying escapades with two handsome locals (played by Tobia De Angelis and Saul Nanni). The plot follows 17-year-old Lina Emerson (Susanna Skaggs The Gifted, Halt and Catch Fire), who honors her dying mother’s final wishes by spending the summer in Rome with the father she never knew. On June 22, the film adaptation of Love & Gelato premieres on Netflix. Jenna Evans Welch’s favorite gelato flavor is bacio, a heavenly mixture of chocolate and hazelnut, which also happens to be the Italian word for “kiss.” She recalled, “I think my first summer in Tuscany I ate two or three scoops a day!” The author served up her own sweet blend of romance and wanderlust in her 2016 debut Love & Gelato (S&S), the first book in her bestselling Love & series of YA rom-coms set in alluring destinations.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |