“It was the hand of God”, the film by the Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, enters the "short list" of the fifteen best international films in the running for the Oscar. The winner will be announced on the evening of February 8, 2022. The Japanese “Drive my car” and the Norwegian “The worst person in the world” are also selected. Great except for the French film “Titane”, by director Julia Ducournau, this year's winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
It was the hand of God
It will be known on February 8th if “It was the hand of God” will have won the nomination for the coveted statuette. We will then see, on March 27, whether Sorrentino's autobiographical film set in Naples in the 2013s will allow him to bring home the second Oscar of his career. The first was won in XNUMX with the film "The great beauty", awarded as the best foreign film. In contention with "It was the Hand of God”There were 91 other national candidates: a not just competition with top-level productions. “It was the hand of God” is an almost therapeutic film.
Through the film, the director elaborates the pain of the tragic loss of his parents which occurred when he was 17 years old. A terrible event that marked her adolescence, one of the most complex ages of life in which parents are needed as guides. Sorrentino goes back to the Naples of the 80s, a city in delirium for the passionate love bestowed on Maradona. In this context he stages his family, his brothers, his witty and loving parents. A plot interpreted by a formidable cast. Including: Toni Servillo and Teresa Saponangelo the parents; Filippo Scotti Fabietto who plays Sorrentino as a boy. And, again, Luisa Ranieri, Massimiliano Gallo, Renato Carpentieri, Biagio Manna, Enzo Decaro and many others. “This is my most important and painful film - said the director - I am happy that all this pain has turned into joy ”.
