Sweetheart: Margherita Spampinato’s delightful coming-of-age drama follows a city boy who is sent by his parents to spend a summer with his grand-aunt in Sicily, while he is grieving the fact that his nanny is getting married and moving on. The culture clash with his lively but religious, antiquated relative and the kids who live nearby forms the meat of the film. The protagonist is a bored but well-behaved, curious, sweet boy who’s easy to relate to and root for. Also, his relative is not uncompromising and unreasonable in her requests. Aurora Quattrocchi plays the old lady beautifully, in an unadorned performance. Marco Fiore, as the protagonist, is cute and effective, and his chemistry (for lack of a better word) with Martina Ziami, a tomboyish girl he befriends, is quite nice. Cinematographer Claudio Cofrancesco shoots it effectively, and Spampinato, who also wrote and edited the film, doesn’t overextend, giving the charming film an easy, pleasurable pace.