A boy with headphones on his ears looks up and observes the horizon. He contemplates the lapping of the waves of the sea but, even more, the dreams of greatness that seem to lead him far away, where none of his family and friends seem to have ever pushed themselves. He dreams of cinema, an impalpable world but light years away that seems to recall him like the song of a crooked siren, hidden among the rocks of restlessness, ready not to give in until he, the boy, surrenders to her.
It was the hand of god, the new film by Paolo Sorrentino in competition at the 78th Venice Film Festival is about this: of a young man who dreams of taking an alternative path and small daily joys, from the matches of Maradona’s Napoli watching TV to the filming of a film shot in the heart of the Galleria Umberto, which make up the memories of a blissful childhood, but marred by an unexpected shadow.
It is Sorrentino’s childhood. The childhood that the director, in his first collaboration with Netflix – the film will be released in selected theaters on November 24 and then land on the platform on December 15 –, decides to share with the public by projecting his memories in the figure of Fabietto, played by Filippo Scotti, the character thanks to which Sorrentino will tell his most personal story, between family, destiny, love and loss. Written by Sorrentino himself, It was the hand of god, which will be presented in competition in Venice on 2 September, counts on a cast ranging from Toni Servillo, with whom the director has worked on several of his works, from The celebrity a The great beauty, a Luisa Ranieri, from Teresa Saponangelo to Massimiliano Gallo, from Enzo Decaro to Marlon Joubert.
“This film, for me, means going home” Sorrentino said that, after the Oscar, the international experience and the attention of a star-system that has never hidden the desire to work with him, he decides to return to explore his roots and his Naples with a new awareness, reliving his passions, from football to cinema, but also the family and a pain that never had time to heal properly. The film, produced by The Apartment, it is among the most anticipated of autumn, and we are sure that it will not disappoint us on this tour as well.
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