March 29, 2025
Showtime: 4:00 pm
@ Peace Theater at Nazareth University Arts Center
Synopsis
From The Guardian – Article by Peter Bradshaw:
“Italian actor and singer Paola Cortellesi has been breaking hearts and box office records on her home turf with this directing debut. It’s a richly and even outrageously sentimental working-class drama of postwar Rome, a story of domestic abuse whose heroine narrowly escapes from misogyny and cruelty through a piece of narrative sleight-of-hand that borders on magic-neorealism, performed with shameless theatrical air and marvellously composed in luminous monochrome. The film pays homage to early pictures by De Sica and Fellini, and Cortellesi’s own performance is consciously in the spirit of movie divas such as Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren and Giulietta Masina.”
One of the highest grossing movies in Italy. There’s Still Tomorrow was released in 2023 but was held back from the US screens until this month, following an extensive international film festival schedule.
Winner of 20 international awards, and nominated for an additional 23 categories, the film is beginning to show on Italian movie screens, being released this month, and is the favorite of many scheduled Italian film festivals in 2025. The Italian Film Series is very fortunate to be able to get at the head of the line and be one of the first to show this gem to the public. Written, directed, and starring Paola Cortellesi (Like a Cat on a Highway, Don’t Stop Me Now, The Last Will Be Last) along with the great Valerio Mastandrea (The Place, Perfetti Sconosciuti)
Like many Italian movies, the main story is on the surface; the relationship between a typical domineering head of the household, and a subservient wife taking care of children and household. Yes, in the background we see the world changing. WWII has ended, the government has collapsed, and the US Military Police is the official security in place. But times are changing. While the wife is reflecting on her position in life, the country is getting ready for a referendum on whether it wants to continue with the monarchy, or become a republic. The fact that women will be given the opportunity to vote for the first time is also challenging the staunch patriarchal family system. The old world is facing significant change, social classes are falling apart, and Delia (Cortellesi) showing great personal strength and resilience, is reassessing her position in life. The scenes with Delia’s “what if” played by Vinicio Marchioni (Perfetti Sconosciuti, Quanto Basta) are absolutely touching, in an emotional, demure, and wishful thinking way.
The simple story weaves in a series of complexities in a very skillful way, without overburdening the audience, and has score a perfect 100% on the Rotten Tomato scale.
Filmed in a black and white New Realism style, the film is true to the time it reflects. The movie will be shown for one night only in Italian with English subtitles. The films we bring to you are intended to stimulate energetic conversations that, in true Italian spirit, can be conducted over some delicious food and delicate wine served at the dinner we offer after the movie.
Released: 2025
Length: 1 hour, 58 minutes
Directed By: Paola Cortellesi
Written By: Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda and Paola Cortellesi
Starring- Paola Cortellesi as Delia
- Valerio Mastrandrea as Ivano
- Emanuela Fanelli as Marisa
- Romana Maggiora Vergano as Marcella
- Vinicio Marchioni as Nino
- Giorgio Colangeli as Ottorino
- Francesco Centorame as Giulio
- Raffaele Vannoli as Alvaro
- Paola Tiziana Cruciani as Franca
- Yonv Joseph as William
- Alessia Barela as Orietta
- Federico Tocci as Mario