Speaking of “testament films” is something that annoys many directors because it assumes that their work is now over and there is nothing more to add. That’s not, of course, true: there are personal films that tell us a lot about who made them without, however, running out of inspiration or blocking the author’s flow of ideas. It is the case of Pain and glory, the most intimate and hidden film by Pedro Almodóvar which, as it was logical to expect, certainly did not stop there (it will, in fact, be in competition at the Venice Film Festival with Parallel Motherss), and will, at least on paper, also be the case with It was the hand of god, the highly anticipated new film by Paolo Sorrentino which, two years after They and one from The New Pope, returns with an intimate film that will also land in Venice and then land on Netflix by the end of 2021.
He film, one of the five Italian titles that will compete in competition at the Lido this year, reflects on Sorrentino’s life and torment by projecting his story through a figurehead and a pre-face. The protagonist is, in fact, the young Fabietto (Filippo Scotti), a boy who moves in the tumultuous Naples in the Eighties experiencing unexpected joys and experiencing latent tragedies on his skin. Since the arrival of Diego Armando Maradona, which will become his myth, to a personal drama that will strike him in his world, It was the hand of god it is a film about life and death, about light and shadows, a plot that Sorrentino elaborates in his own way to tell a story that is his, but which is also a bit ours.
“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 and with a cast ranging from Toni Servillo to Luisa Ranieri, from Teresa Saponangelo to Marlon Joubert, it is one of the most anticipated of the Venice Film Festival this year, and we are sure that even on this tour it will not disappoint us.
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