Il sol dell'avvenire
Directed by:
Nanni MorettiCinematography:
Michele D'AttanasioComposer:
Franco PiersantiCast:
Mathieu Amalric, Margherita Buy, Nanni Moretti, Barbora Bobuľová, Silvio Orlando, Elena Lietti, Benjamin Stender, Jerzy Stuhr, Blu Yoshimi, Francesco Rossini (more)Plots(1)
Moretti stars as Giovanni, a prolific, pedantic Roman movie director who has just started shooting A Brighter Tomorrow, a new period drama following an Italian Communist branch leader (Silvio Orlando) and his secretary (Barbara Bobulova) who are thrown into existential chaos by the Soviet Union’s 1956 invasion of Hungary.
But everything, both personal and professional, seems to be conspiring against Giovanni: His 40-year marriage and working relationship with Paola (Margherita Buy) is in crisis, his French co-producer Pierre (Mathieu Amalric) is on the verge of bankruptcy, and - even before its completion - the commercial prospects of his new film in a rapidly changing market are decidedly uncertain. It may be time for Giovanni to start rethinking his stringent way of doing things…
(Palace Films)
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Considering that I like Italian films, and that I attended a press conference where journalists praised this film highly, I probably had too high expectations. The premise is quite good: a film director dealing with the pitfalls of filmmaking, but also facing personal problems and the disintegration of a film culture that is losing its charm due to contemporary trends. It's a comedy, but all the humour is mostly due to Moretti as an actor who pulls the film along with his distinctive charm. It will probably depend a lot on the viewer and their sense of humour, because next to me in the cinema there were many people who laughed at moments when I didn't laugh at all... so, try and see 😊 For me it was missing something. [Festival de Cannes 2023]
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