She has arrived another nomination for Paolo Sorrentino. After the disappointment of the last few days at the European Film Awards, another satisfaction. In the European competition his It was D's handio boasted three nominations but failed to bring home any awards.
The race towards a statuette resumes, therefore, from the Golden Globes, one of the most important awards in the world of American and international cinema, generally considered an appetizer of the Oscars, of which it often anticipates candidates and winners.
It was the hand of God, already winner of Silver Lion of the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, therefore aims to give to the Neapolitan director his second Golden Globe, after the one conquered in 2014 for The great beauty, which later also won the Oscar. Undoubtedly a very promising precedent.
It was the hand of God, the Italian film of the year
A great success, that of Sorrentino's last film, which evokes the director's youth in Naples in the XNUMXs, during the era of Maradona. But a film also about dreams and the strength to defend them: “My hope is that the young people who are going to look at it will get the idea that one must never abdicate an idea of the future for oneself".
Produced by Netflix, It was the hand of God was released in Italian cinemas starting from November 24th. It came with a limited release, followed by the preview at Venice Film Festival. From tomorrow 15 December, however, the film will be available for viewing for all fans on the Netflix streaming service.
The cast includes many well-known names in Italian cinema and television. Among others there are Luisa Ranieri and Renato Carpentieri, obviously up to Toni Servillo, now an inevitable actor in the films directed by Sorrentino. The role of the protagonist is instead of the 21 year old Filippo scotti, already seen in the TV series 1994 e Black Moon, and winner of the Mastroianni Prize in Venice as best emerging actor.
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