A sort of film about a resort in Italy (6)
I believe the answer is:
amalfi
'resort in italy' is the definition.
'amalfi' can be an answer for 'resort' (I have seen 'Italian resort' mean 'amalfi' so perhaps 'resort' could also mean 'amalfi'). I'm not sure about the 'in italy' bit.
'a sort of film about a' is the wordplay.
'sort of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'film' is an anagram of 'mlfi'.
'mlfi' placed around 'a' is 'malfi'.
'a'+'malfi'='AMALFI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amalfi that I've seen before include "Popular tourist town on Gulf of Salerno south of Naples" , "Italian town on Gulf of Salerno" , "Italian resort on the Gulf of Sorrento" , "Resort in South Italy" , "Italian location" .)