Primavera

In this stately period drama set in Venice in the 18th Century, Cecilia (Tecla Insolia) is a teenage orphan with an immense talent for the violin. Mutual recognition of genius sees her marked out by Antonio Vivaldi (Michele Riondino). But can the great composer intercede in her arranged marriage and prevent her gift going to waste?

An established director of operas in his native Italy, Domiano Michieletto makes an elegant and confident film debut with Primavera. It is as sumptuous and stirring as a Vivaldi concerto with plenty of insight into the lives beyond those of history’s great men.