From Paris to London and Brussels, from Rabat to Amman, all the way to Abu Dhabi and Dubai: crossing three continents, the film, now hailed as a masterpiece for its enormous success with audiences and critics alike, arrives even in the United Arab Emirates. The Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi is pleased to present the award-winning film “There’s Still Tomorrow” by Paola Cortellesi, a renowned Italian actress making her directorial debut. There will be two international premieres across the Gulf region: in Abu Dhabi on May 16th at 7pm at the Cultural Foundation theater, closing film of the “European Film Festival“ organized by the EU Delegation in the UAE in collaboration with Embassies and Cultural Institutes, and in Dubai on May 31st at 7pm at the Cinema Akil Dubai as the opening film of the Italian Film Week, organized by the IIC in partnership with Cinema Akil, the only independent cinema in the Gulf. The choice of shooting the film in black and white and its setting in post-war impoverished Italy immediately associates it with Italian neorealism of great directors like Visconti, Rossellini, De Sica, icons of world cinema. Paola Cortellesi’s film is neorealistic because it denounces the condition of women during that period, in an Italy ravaged by war where they didn’t even have the right to vote yet. The fight against domestic violence and the harsh rules of patriarchy for gender equality is more relevant than ever today, given the high number of femicides still occurring worldwide and the rates of female employment and pay. Much has been accomplished, but much remains to be done, both in the north and in the south of the world.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Year: 2023
Duration: 119 min
Director: Paola Cortellesi
Cast: Paola Cortellesi – Valerio Mastandrea – Romana Maggiora Vergano
Storyline
Delia wakes up every morning with a slap from her husband Ivano. She rises up, prepares breakfast for their three sons, empties her bedridden father-in-law’s urinal, and then leaves the house to confront, relentlessly, her daily routine, made up of various underpaid jobs (repairing linens, adjusting umbrellas, hanging sheets), useful to scrape together some money that is never enough. The whole day, she continues to get slaps from all sides. Because Delia isn’t only poor, she is also a woman.