From Italian maestro Nanni Moretti (Mia Madre, The Son’s Room), A Brighter Tomorrow is a multi-layered new comedy about filmmaking in the age of the streaming giants.
Moretti stars as Giovanni, a prolific, pedantic Roman movie director who has just started shooting ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’, a new period drama but everything, both personal and professional, seems to be conspiring against Giovanni: his 40-year marriage and working relationship with Paola (Margherita Buy) is in crisis, his French co-producer Pierre (Mathieu Amalric) is on the verge of bankruptcy, and the commercial prospects of his new film in a rapidly changing market are decidedly uncertain. It may be time for Giovanni to start rethinking his stringent way of doing things…
Featuring an ensemble cast of Moretti regulars, A Brighter Tomorrow is the auteur’s biggest box office hit to date, achieving over 500,000 admissions in Italy in mid-2023. Playfully blurring the lines between his on-screen character’s life and movies with his own filmography and neuroses, Moretti invites audiences to take pause and to embrace the true joy and magic of cinema once more.
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Cannes Film Festival 2023 (Nominee – Palme d’Or)
WINNER – Best Supporting Actress, Guglielmo Biraghi Award, Nastri d’Argento Awards 2023
NOMINEE (x7)- Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Score, Nastri d’Argento Awards 2023
"Moretti puts a playful spin on a director’s late-career crisis. The Palme d’Or winner has got his groove back."
- Variety
Wednesday 13th September
95 min
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Margherita Buy, Mathieu Amalric, Silvio Orlando, Barbora Bobulova, Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti
Film Festival
Italian with English subtitles
Palace Raine Square
