Writer/Director Paola Cortellesis first feature film “There’s Still Tomorrow” didn’t just win six Italian Oscars – it also became one of the highest grossing films of all time in Italy.
Cortellesi, who co-wrote the script with Furio Andreotti and Giulia Calenda, also stars in the drama about a woman reclaiming her life in post-war Rome in the 1940s.
The official synopsis reads: “Delia (Cortellesi) is a working-class wife and mother trapped in a toxic marriage. American GIs still patrol the streets, but change is in the air. Yet everything remains the same for Delia, whose romantic fantasies have given way to an embrace of her roles as dutiful wife and loving mother despite the sneering condescension and outright physical abuse at the hands of her strutting tyrant husband Ivano (Valerio Mastandrea). His misogyny is surpassed only by his bedridden father whose care falls on Delia between her countless other chores and odd jobs. Delia sees the engagement of her daughter Marcella (Romana Maggiora Verganos) as the girl’s great opportunity to avoid her fate. But everything changes when a mysterious letter arrives and ignites Delia’s courage to turn the tables and start striving for a better life – and not just for herself.”
Giorgio Colangeli, Emanuela Fanelli and Francesco Centorame also star.
“There’s Still Tomorrow” became it highest grossing film in Italy 2023 and ranked among the top 10 highest-grossing Italian films of all time. The film won six Italian Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best New Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and the Audience Award.
“There’s Still Tomorrow” is produced by Wildside, a Fremantle company, along with Vision Distribution, a Sky company, Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Gangarossa. The film is executive produced by Ludovica Rapisarda, Saverio Guarascio, Mangella Quilici and Gianluca Mizzi.
As for other international awards, IndieWire predict that Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez”, Walter Salle’s “I’m Still Here”, Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”, Gints Zilbalodis’
“Flow” and Rich Peppiatt’s “Knäskål” are among the main ones at the Oscars. Additional Films “Armand,”
“Dahomey”, “The Girl With the Needle”, “Universal Language” and “Vermiglio” are also the best international films.
“There’s Still Tomorrow” opens in theaters March 7 from Greenwich Entertainment. Check out the trailer below.
