Discover the review and watch the trailer of a blockbuster film, acclaimed by critics and divided the public, available on Netflix.
An international success of Italian cinema which has also been available for a few weeks now streaming on Netflixfor those who hadn’t seen it at cinema and they were intrigued by it. Let’s talk about a drama film which hit the box office, receiving ovations and enthusiasm all over the world.
The film is all about pride in the Bel Paese.”There’s still tomorrow“, produced by Wildside with Vision Distribution and undisputed masterpiece of Paola Cortellesi, here in his debut as a director. A debut with a bang you could say, given the numbers: 5,412,509 tickets sold and a total taking of 36639576 euros. It is the most watched and highest-grossing film of the year 2023 and of the 2023-2024 season, ninth with the highest grossing ever in Italy.
Awarded as Best film of the year at the Nastri d’argento 2024, this film investigates issues that are still sadly current but which continue to shake public opinion. The violence perpetrated on women and that blind and cruel supremacy of man which makes women be treated as if she were an object belonging to her, without an identity of her own and without any personal dignity.
Very hot topics given the constant news events, which left the public very empathetic with the protagonist. In whose guise we find a perfect one Paola Cortellesi (“Do you know Claudia?”, “Males versus females”, “Children”), intense and very credible in the role of mother, wife and tireless worker in post-war Rome.
“It is a contemporary film set in the past: a tribute to the stories of my grandmother, who in her Roman courtyard collected the resigned outbursts of many women mistreated by their master husbands. I want my daughter to know where we started from and where we need to go. I want you to learn to never take anything for granted. Our conquests have cost tears and blood. We must not let our guard down” comments the director regarding her film.
In the role of the violent husband, a very good man Valerio Mastandrea (“The Place”, “Veiled Naples“, “Tomorrow is another day“, “Make beautiful dreams”, “Diabolik”) while daughter Marcella is played by Romana Maggiora Vergano. Among the protagonists of Paola Cortellesi’s film there are still expert actors such as Vinicio Marchioni (“On the way home”, “Friends till death”), Giorgio Colangeli (“Dinner”, “Our life”), Raffaele Vannoli (“Whole life ahead”, “The name of the son”), Emanuela Fanelli (“The last will be last”, “Good girls“) And Paola Tiziana Cruciani (“Shawl!”, “A great desire to live”).
From March 2024, to the delight of its subscribers, “There’s still tomorrow” landed on Netflix, immediately jumping to the top of the charts. If we want to analyze its popularity on the Web too, we can see how the users of Google appreciated it with a percentage of 93%, while moving on to two of the major review and rating aggregator sites, Rotten Tomatoes And IMDbwe discover that satisfaction is respectively 96% and 7.8 out of 10. High scores which essentially confirm a unanimous appreciation.
The film is shot entirely in black and white, as can be seen when looking at the trailer present on Youtube which in six months has far exceeded 4 million and 700 thousand views.
There plot of this masterpiece of Italian cinema on Netflix as anticipated, takes us back to post-war Rome, specifically in the life and family affairs of Delia, Ivano’s wife, mother of three children, always ready to do four for the family, despite tiredness, frustrations and beatings.
Their life flows like everyone else’s, between the positive push of liberation and the total misery resulting from the war. The main role is held by the husband, supreme leader and master of everything, prone to drinking, very violent, both physically and psychologically.
Her father also lives in the house, a despotic old man for whom poor Delia is to all intents and purposes the carer. Delia’s only relief is her friend Marisa, with whom she shares moments of lightness and some personal confidences.
Everything goes into turmoil when the sweet eldest daughter Marcella is asked to marry by a wealthy boy. But her plans will not follow the desired path and the arrival of a mysterious letter will ignite the courage in Delia to overturn consolidated certainties and try to design a better future, not only for herself.
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