The First Beautiful Thing

The First Beautiful Thing
Film poster
Directed by	Paolo Virzì
Written by	Paolo Virzì Francesco Bruni Francesco Piccolo
Produced by	Paolo Virzì
Starring	Valerio Mastandrea Micaela Ramazzotti Stefania Sandrelli Claudia Pandolfi
Cinematography	Nicola Pecorini
Edited by	Simone Manetti
Music by	Carlo Virzì
Production company	Indiana Production Company
Distributed by	Palisades Tartan
Release date	15 January 2010 (2010-01-15)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The First Beautiful Thing (Italian: La prima cosa bella) is a 2010 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars Micaela Ramazzotti, Valerio Mastandrea, Claudia Pandolfi and Stefania Sandrelli. On 9 November 2010 the film opened at the Cinema Italian style Film Festival in Los Angeles. Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, it was not nominated.