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Since the 1970s, Italian filmmakers have been struggling to throw off the monochrome shadow of Neorealism. The genre defined the golden age of Italian cinema and is still remembered as one of the most important and influential movements in cinema history. Yes, you’re right – that is quite a lot of pressure. It’s no wonder, then, that the nation’s b...

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Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film “The Hand of God” begins with a bird’s-eye view of Naples, his hometown, at dawn, with a lone vintage car traveling along a seafront road while the rest of the city uncharacteristically sleeps. As a backdrop to this autobiographical coming-of-age story, Naples is at turns fantastical and decadent, sunny and unpredicta...

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The Hand of God by award-winning Italian film director Paolo Sorrentino has been shortlisted for an Oscar nomination, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday night. The coming-of-age film, whose original Italian title is È stata la mano di Dio, is listed among 15 hopefuls vying for a nomination in the academy's best in...

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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 i...

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Paolo Soorentino's The Hand of God has been nominated for the best foreign film Golden Globe, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Helen Hoehne, announced Monday. The 79th edition of the awards will be held on January 9. The semi-autobiographical coming of age tale in a Naples 'redeemed' by soccer great Diego Maradona has also...

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From December 9 to December 13. Locations: AERO THEATRE - 1328 Montana Ave Santa Monica, CA 90403; LOS FELIZ THEATRE - 1822 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027. Co-presented by Cinecittà. Few Italian filmmakers since Fellini have paired sumptuous visual style with piquant social commentary as effectively as Paolo Sorrentino, who also brings a barbe...

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Renowned Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's latest movie "The Hand of God" made its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 2, 2021. The movie not only won the Grand Jury Prize but was also chosen as Italy's contender for the best international feature film at the upcoming Oscars. Sorrentino said that it was practical for...

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Oscar winning director Paolo Sorrentino said at the Naples premiere of his autobiographical Neapolitan coming of age film E Stata la Mano di Dio (It Was The Hand Of God) that it was a homage to the cinema of late Neapolitan actor and director Massimo Troisi. "There is only one protective deity over this film and that is Massimo Troisi. There is no...

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Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino's 'E' Stata La Mano Di Dio' on Tuesday got three nominations for the European Film Awards, Europe's equivalent of the Oscars. The bittersweet autobiographical work on growing up in Naples amid adulation for soccer superstar Diego Maradona is up for best film, best director and best screenplay. It is the only Italian fi...

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Italy has picked Paolo Sorrentino’s autobiographical drama The Hand of God to represent the country at the 2022 Oscars in the best international film category. Produced by Fremantle’s Italian subsidiary The Apartment for Netflix, Sorrentino’s film premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the runner-up grand jury prize and lead Filippo Sc...

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