Rome’s inner city, May 1946. Allied soldiers patrol the streets in jeeps, a visible reminder of the recent war. The city struggles with the remnants of World War II’s devastation while anticipating change brought on by the upcoming institutional referendum and Constituent Assembly election on June 2nd and 3rd.
Delia is married to Ivano, an abusive husband, and is the mother of three children, including her teenage daughter Marcella. In addition to her household duties, she cares for her ungrateful father-in-law Ottorino, and occasionally runs errands across the city. Despite her difficult life, Delia has a few allies: Nino, a car mechanic who harbours feelings for her; Marisa, a cheerful greengrocer and trusted friend; and William, an African American soldier who wants to support her.
A few weeks ago, we were lucky enough to chat to Director Paola Cortellesi about her latest film. There’s Still Tomorrow, a film...
Delia is married to Ivano, an abusive husband, and is the mother of three children, including her teenage daughter Marcella. In addition to her household duties, she cares for her ungrateful father-in-law Ottorino, and occasionally runs errands across the city. Despite her difficult life, Delia has a few allies: Nino, a car mechanic who harbours feelings for her; Marisa, a cheerful greengrocer and trusted friend; and William, an African American soldier who wants to support her.
A few weeks ago, we were lucky enough to chat to Director Paola Cortellesi about her latest film. There’s Still Tomorrow, a film...
- 4/25/2024
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Paola Cortellesi’s directing debut, in which she also stars, depicts gruelling domestic abuse before finding its way to startling redemption
Italian actor and singer Paola Cortellesi has been breaking hearts and box office records on her home turf with this directing debut. It’s a richly and even outrageously sentimental working-class drama of postwar Rome, a story of domestic abuse whose heroine finally escapes from misogyny and cruelty through a piece of narrative sleight-of-hand that borders on magic-neorealism, performed with shameless theatrical flair and marvellously composed in luminous monochrome. The film pays homage to early pictures by De Sica and Fellini, and Cortellesi’s own performance is consciously in the spirit of movie divas such as Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren and Giulietta Masina.
The scene is Rome just after the end of the second world war, when American GIs were a presence on the streets and Italian women had...
Italian actor and singer Paola Cortellesi has been breaking hearts and box office records on her home turf with this directing debut. It’s a richly and even outrageously sentimental working-class drama of postwar Rome, a story of domestic abuse whose heroine finally escapes from misogyny and cruelty through a piece of narrative sleight-of-hand that borders on magic-neorealism, performed with shameless theatrical flair and marvellously composed in luminous monochrome. The film pays homage to early pictures by De Sica and Fellini, and Cortellesi’s own performance is consciously in the spirit of movie divas such as Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren and Giulietta Masina.
The scene is Rome just after the end of the second world war, when American GIs were a presence on the streets and Italian women had...
- 4/25/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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