SNEAK PREVIEWBorn deaf, eighteen-year-old Giacomo Zulian has recently undergone cochlear implant surgery. Summer of Giacomo, a hybrid film that rewards patient viewers, thrusts us into his world as he navigates a life full of sound for the first time. Set over the course of a lazy summer afternoon, this gorgeous, languid film follows Giacomo and his friend Stefania as they frolic through the Italian countryside, swimming and dancing, eating and walking, flirting and fighting. But like most young friendships, this won’t last forever. Hypnotically and purposefully photographed on 16mm and full of achingly intimate close-ups, Alessandro Comodin’s pitch-perfect evocation of the teenage years is also a forward-thinking cinematic provocation. (CB)