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  By teaching a teenage boy how to win over a girl, a crusty bookstore owner learns to resolve his own romantic troubles. This is the story of “The Bookstore”, the charming, thought-provoking comedy by Alberto Diamante, which is in the lineup of Canada’s Italian Contemporary Film Festival. The film at first seems like a light comedy with an upbeat soundtrack, witty dialogue and characters coming and going. However, once the story plays out, the characters reveal their insecurities and true apprehensions about pursuing their dreams and their fears of failure. Alberto Diamante is multitalented. He wrote the screenplay, directed …