It would be accurate to say that paolo sorrentino’s work explores the relationship between the sacred and the profane, but such tepid wording fails to capture the orgiastic maximalism of “the.
Filippo scotti as fabietto in the hand of god, premiering december 15 on netflix.
Despite featuring moments of magical realism, the hand of god is rooted in sorrentino’s memories of the charm.
Last year, paolo sorrentino turned 50, and realized he was ready to confront the greatest tragedy of his life.
In 1987, the future filmmaker fulfilled his.
Italian film director paolo sorrentino discusses his new film the hand of god, which opens in u. s.
It's about the tragedy he experienced as a teen and the escape he found in cinema.
Fabietto (filippo scotti), the autobiographical hero of paolo sorrentino ’s “ the hand of god ,” is a teenager growing up in the 1980s in the bustling port metropolis of.
Director paolo sorrentino returns to naples, his hometown, and reflects on his youth in an exclusive tour of the locations of “the hand of god”.
The hand of god, after all, struck down his mum and dad and spared him.
A t 16, paolo sorrentino returned home to find that both his parents were dead, killed by a carbon monoxide leak.
On the night of the tragedy, sorrentino was inside a football stadium, watching.
The film has been directed by paolo sorrentino.
It has been inspired by the real events in sorrentini’s life when he was growing up in naples, italy.
Imagine yourself sitting alone on a sunny winter afternoon.
The comfort and indolence transport you back to the good old days.
The bluntness of tone in sorrentino’s “the hand of god” is reflected in the facile and careless way it is made:
In the opening shot of the movie, the camera moves forward fairly swiftly.
Naples, italy — paolo sorrentino, on the terrace of the grand hotel vesuvio with a cigar in hand, gestured expansively out at the view of the bay before him.
In the hand of god, paolo sorrentino channels his personal pain and orchestrates one of the most mournful, spontaneous, and vibrant cinema experiences of the year.