Of these spaces that you created on-base, was there one you were particularly fond of? We sat down with Guadagnino to hear more about creating this world, his go-to local restaurant while on set, and the one filming location he hopes travelers will visit.Īctor Jack Dylan Grazer, who plays Fraser, on set in Chioggia.
And though Italy's charming corners are on full display, the show finds beauty in the mundanity of the base at every turn. The eight-episode drama follows the characters as they navigate first loves, identity, and ever-evolving friendships, in a country not their own. This time, the story-which follows two American 14-year-olds, Caitlin and Fraser-is set on an American military base in the seaside town of Chioggia, near Venice. In his latest project, We Are Who We Are, a HBO series that premiered last month, Guadagnino and his team do it again. We're talking Italy beyond the Florences, the Milans, the Romes-these are the fishing villages and lemon tree-covered countryside that Americans cross the Atlantic hoping to discover. If his last film Call Me By Your Name wasn't enough of an indication, Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino has a knack for enthralling coming-of-age stories, with dreamy slices of Italy as his backdrop of choice.
