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(Ischia) in the movie Men in Black: International The magnificent Aquarama glides toward Cartaromana Bay

An elegant aquamarine thread links numerous auteur films, action ing in close-ups due to their eye-catching aquamarine details and
movies, romantic films, dramas, and comedies. It is the presence shiny chrome finishes.
of the most admired motor yachts of every era, often in the role of Riva in the Movie features over fifty films starring several
magnificent protagonists. The curious fact is that none of the films beautiful crafts that made the history of the shipyard, starting
mentioned in Riva in the Movie involved a product placement; as from the legendary Aquarama, which was originally considered
a matter of fact, the presence of a Riva vessel is often known about a fashionable speedboat, but soon became a style icon in the
thanks to word of mouth from someone who saw the movie. This following decades.
happens because the shipyard has been so successful over the last From Dino Risi’s Il Sorpasso, Godard’s Le Mépris, the musicarel-
seventy years that our products almost immediately stopped being li with Modugno and Albano&Romina, to the many Bond films,
exclusive to the sailing world and became items associated with Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, and The Great Beauty, Riva has
art, design, society, and culture. played a role in the history of cinema and left marvel and splendor
It was in the 1950s, in fact, that the world discovered that the most in its wake.
beautiful vessels were built in Italy, and to be precise in Sarnico: The reviews describe the film’s storyline, complete with anecdotes
Riva became THE speedboat for everybody. and interesting facts about shooting the film, as well as descrip-
Even people making movies wanted to get their hands on one of tions of the mood at the time when the film was shot, the fashions
these uber-chic speedboats, for scenes featuring sailing, swim- and interests of the period, and everything that made up the mag-
ming in the sea, trips on the lake or escapades dashing through nificent ephemera that provided the setting for the timeless beau-
the canals of Venice: they all wanted one of those speedboats that ty of the most enchanting speedboats in the world.
skim over the surface of the water with the innate elegance of a Because each Riva has a story to tell, and every story becomes On this page, some historical shots taken
from Riva in The Movie, and here above
diva, so spectacular for scenes filmed at a distance, and so excit- more beautiful if it is told by a Riva. the book cover

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