With the 2022 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival right around the corner, we are helping you curate the ultimate Festival watchlist! We’ve handpicked standout films that are absolute must-sees and destined to be crowd favourites. Including a selection of contemporary drama, comedy, documentaries, and a retrospective honouring one of Italy’s greatest filmmakers, what’s not to like? Read on for unmissable highlights, or visit the Festival homepage and browse the dates and first highlights here.
Kicking off the Festival is Opening Night the smash-hit comedyBelli Ciao, starring comic duo Pio and Amedeo. The hilarious romp follows two formerly inseparable friends who reunite in their hometown in Puglia after years apart, resulting in an entertaining north versus south culture clash.
This year’s Centrepiece is the atmospheric urban drama, Nostalgia. The captivating story follows a man, played by the superb Pierfrancesco Favino, who returns to his hometown of Naples after 40 years and rediscovers the city, its codes and rules, and faces a past that haunts him.
A homage to the Italian capital, this heartfelt romantic comedy directed by and starring Edoardo Leo delves into the difficulties a couple faces when they separate after many years living together.
After the declaration of racial laws in Fascist Italy, a restaurateur’s life changes when a girl with a dangerous secret starts to work at his restaurant in this dramatic love story starring a smouldering Riccardo Scamarcio and rising star Benedetta Porcaroli.
In this retrospective celebrating the centenary of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birth, we present three of his iconic film adaptions of literary works: The Canterbury Taleson its 50th anniversary, Arabian Nights and The Decameron.
