Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Filippo Scotti , Toni Servillo , Teresa Saponangelo , Marlon Joubert , Massimiliano Gallo , Renato Carpentieri , Betty Pedrazzi , Luisa Ranieri , Enzo Decaro , Lino Musella , Ciro Capano
Plot: From Academy Award-winning writer and director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo, The Great Beauty, The Young Pope) comes the story of a boy, Fabietto Schisa, set in the tumultuous Naples of the 1980s. The Hand of God is a story full of unexpected joys, such as the arrival of football legend Diego Maradona, and an equally unexpected tragedy. Fate plays its part, joy and tragedy intertwine, and Fabietto's future set in motion. Sorrentino returns to his hometown to tell his most personal story, a tale of fate and family, sports and cinema, love and loss so' on!
My Movie Review: The movie is oddly real its excellent I loved this film, despite being too slow and melancholic at times for my personal liking it has enough mystery that keeps you looking! The biggest thing The Hand of God has going for it is the visuals how they capture it, this film is absolutely gorgeous obviously, the shots of the Italian countryside are exceptionally tasteful:) Paolo Sorrentino's autobiographical drama dazzles as much as it confounds it is a family full of daily dramas, laughter and love after a scattershot opening, Sorrentino's drama about growing up in 1980s Naples blossoms into a drama of real depth giving its an insight on their daily life! The arrival of soccer legend Diego Maradona to join the Napoli football club create a frenzy from fans a shift of energy inadvertently saves Fabietto's life with tragedy striking, Fabietto still has his whole future ahead of him and that make this great is the unknown- uncertainty of it all! The acting is out of this world and I believed every single character like Fabio's mother really looked and acted like his mother and same for his brother, everything felt authentic to the core! The Hand of God flip flops between gentle comedy and domestic tragedy deftly, and in that way feels a lot like life even love it when unafraid to show emotion plus here's an immersive quality to the look and sound of all' that suggests the ideal way to see this movie is in a theater!
Critics Consensus: Although The Hand of God isn't Sorrentino's best work, this beautifully filmed coming-of-age story sings in a beguiling, albeit minor, key. The Hand of God is filled with the kind of detail that could only have come from observation-and memory. That one family could contain so many unique and peculiar people is a reminder that truth is almost always stranger than fiction. This is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that doubles as a movie about the movies themselves. The film has the vividness of memory, but also the structure of memory, which is to say no real structure at all. Visually, though, the movie is of a piece; it's Sorrentino's eye that holds it together. Paolo Sorrentino’s new Netflix feature, The Hand of God, is an expectedly poetic coming-of-age drama set against a sun-kissed Neopolitan backdrop. Sorrentino uses the coming-of-age genre to turn his own personal tragedy into a beguiling fable of family and creativity lost and found. The Hand of God is a love letter to Italy and for Sorrentino, it becomes
a form of escapism and a humane portrayal of a grief-stricken teenager
as he enters a new world. Sorrentino has crafted a story even more personal within his canon, perhaps the most intimate and honest. A marvelous result-- nostalgic, and luminous! More than just a pretty European art film dazzling images and intimate storytelling converge in Sorrentino's most personal film, one where cinema not only mimic reality but offers redemption!
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