Directed by:
Paolo SorrentinoScreenplay:
Paolo SorrentinoCinematography:
Daria D'AntonioComposer:
Lele MarchitelliCast:
Toni Servillo, Filippo Scotti, Teresa Saponangelo, Lino Musella, Alfonso Perugini, Luisa Ranieri, Renato Carpentieri, Massimiliano Gallo, Betty Pedrazzi (more)VOD (1)
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The story of a young man’s heartbreak and liberation in Naples, Italy. It’s the 1980s and 17-year old Fabietto Schisa might be an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place, but he finds joy in an amazing family who love life, relish mischief and take deep pleasure in meddling in one another’s complicated relationships. Then comes a pair of events that alter everything. One is the triumphant arrival in Naples of a god-like athletic legend: high-flying soccer idol Maradona, who has Fabietto, and the whole scrappy city, feeling a pride that once seemed impossible. The other is an inconceivable accident that will drop the bottom out of Fabietto’s world—setting his future in motion. Seemingly saved by Maradona, touched by chance or the hand of God, Fabietto wrestles with the nature of fate, the confusion of loss, and the intoxicating freedom of being alive. In his most movingly personal film, Sorrentino takes audiences on a sensory journey bursting with the contrasts of tragedy and comedy, love and desire, absurdity and beauty, as Fabietto finds the only way out of total catastrophe through his own imagination. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Toni Servillo
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Beauty (2013)
The Jewel (2011)
The Consequences of Love (2004)
Filippo Scotti
Italy
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Teresa Saponangelo
Italy
Best movies:
The Major Fisherman (2016) (TV movie)
The Hand of God (2021)
The Eel (1997)
Lino Musella
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The Hand of God (2021)
Tigers (2020)
Ferrari (2023)
Alfonso Perugini
Italy
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The Hand of God (2021)
Mafia Mamma (2023)
Luisa Ranieri
Italy
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Immaturi (2011)
Luisa Spagnoli (2016) (TV movie)
Renato Carpentieri
Italy
Best movies:
Fiorile (1993)
The Jewel (2011)
Les Enfants volés (1992)
Massimiliano Gallo
Italy
Best movies:
Per amore del mio popolo (2014) (TV movie)
The Hand of God (2021)
Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno (2013) (TV movie)
Betty Pedrazzi
Best movies:
18 Presents (2020)
The Hand of God (2021)
Dafne (2019)
Biagio Manna
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Lost and Beautiful (2015)
Ciro Capano
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
The Hand of God (2021)
Detective Montalbano (1999) (series)
Sofia Gershevich
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Khandra (2020)
Alessandro Bressanello
Italy
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Casanova (2005)
Spectre (2015)
Birte Berg
Denmark
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Kampf der Tiger (1988) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Dora Romano
Italy
Best movies:
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
The Hand of God (2021)
The Goddess of Fortune (2019)
Marlon Joubert
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Catello Buonocore
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Nicoló Ambrosio
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Roberto Oliveri
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Paolo Spezzaferri
Italy
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
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Rocco Schiavone (2016) (series)