Feeling like his most autobiographical outing to date, Academy Award-winning writer/director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo, The Great Beauty) brings us The Hand of God, the story of Fabietto Schisa (Filippo Scotti), a young man growing up in Naples during the 1980s. The film begins rather casually, seemingly without any real stakes.

The biggest drama in Fabietto’s life is whether the legendary footballer Diego Maradona will come to town to be on the city’s local team. Fabietto gets along with his parents—father Saverio (Toni Servillo) and mother Maria (Teresa Saponangelo)—and his siblings, as well as his extended family, whom we get to know through a series of gatherings.