PREVIEW: The Hand of God (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Filippo Scotti (film debut), Toni Servillo (The Great Beauty), Teresa Saponangelo (Polvere di Napoli), Luisa Ranieri (The Immature), Massimiliano Gallo (Magnificent Presence), Renato Carpentieri (The Sweet and the Bitter), Marlon Joubert (film debut), Betti Pedrazzi (I Can See It in Your Eyes), Biagio Manna (Lost and Beautiful), Ciro Capano (Counselor de Gregorio), Enzo De Caro (Vrindavan Film Studios), Sofya Gershevich (Persian Lessons), Lino Musella (Happy Days Motel), Roberto Oliveri (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty), director, writer, producer; Lorenzo Mieli (Forever Young), producer; Lele Marchitelli (Loro), composer; Daria D’Antonio (The Landlords), cinematographer; Cristiano Travaglioli (Youth), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1980s Naples, a young man named Fabietto (Scotti) experiences heartbreak and liberation after he’s inadvertently saved from a freak accident by an unexpected hero…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Paolo Sorrentino, the Oscar-winning Italian filmmaker behind The Great Beauty and Youth, adds a more personal touch to this sun-drenched coming-of-age drama set in the wild landscape of 80s Naples.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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