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There Is Still Tomorrow (2023)

There Is Still Tomorrow poster
Original title
C'è ancora domani
Directed by
Paola Cortellesi
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 1,532 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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In postwar 1940s Italy, a woman named Delia receives a mysterious letter that makes her question her traditional family role. She starts to see a different future for herself beyond the expectations of her home and society.

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What happens

There's Still Tomorrow (Italian: C'è ancora domani [ˈtʃɛ aŋˈkoːra doˈmaːni]) is a 2023 Italian period comedy-drama film, co-written and directed by Paola Cortellesi in her directorial debut. Set in postwar 1940s Italy, it follows Delia breaking traditional family patterns and aspiring to a different future, after receiving a mysterious letter. It stars Cortellesi, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Emanuela Fanelli, Valerio Mastandrea, Francesco Centorame, Vinicio Marchioni and Giorgio Colangeli. There's Still Tomorrow was shot in black-and-white. The film won three prizes at the Rome Film Festival, the Nastro d'Argento of 2024 and is the most successful film at the Italian box office in 2023, and nominally the 10th highest-grossing film in the country of all time. Italian film critics praised its direction and screenplay in dealing with issues related to feminism and patriarchy, as well as the acting, particularly of Cortellesi, Fanelli and Mastandrea. It received a leading 19 nominations at the 69th David di Donatello, and won 6 awards: Best New Director and Best Actress (for Cortellesi), Best Supporting Actress (for Fanelli), Best Original Screenplay, the David Youth Award and the David Audience Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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