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“The best is yet to come” by Nanni Moretti
- Normandie Art Cinema, Tarapacá 1181, Metro U. de Chile.
- Sunday, August 25 – 4:45 p.m.
- General admission: $5,000.
Since his first forays into cinema in the early 1970s, the work of Italian director Nanni Moretti (“Aprile,” “Caro diario,” “La habitaciones del hijo”) has captivated critics and audiences alike for his reflections on politics and art, and his particular balance between drama and intelligent comedy.
“The Best Is Yet to Come,” released last year in Cannes (where it was nominated for the Palme d’Or), is her latest film, an exercise in cinematic freedom that embraces politics and musical comedy with wit and a playful spirit. It will be released in Chilean theaters this Thursday, August 22.
“Cinema has the magical power to make us rediscover lightness and the desire to be happy”
Nanni Moretti plays Giovanni, a well-known Italian filmmaker who is preparing to shoot his new film. But between his partner in crisis, his French producer on the verge of bankruptcy and his daughter who ignores him, everything has turned against him. Always on the edge, Giovanni will have to rethink his way of doing things, if he wants to lead his entire small world towards a bright future.
“It is the story of a filmmaker whose life has always been marked by cinema and whose films have always accompanied his own life,” Moretti stands out.
“Giovanni is making a film set in 1956, about the Soviet invasion of Hungary. He firmly believes in this project: he is convinced that it is necessary to tell the story of the Soviet invasion of Hungary and how the Italian Communist Party of that time missed the opportunity to break with the Soviet Union. But today no one remembers these events, the world has changed and so has the way of making films.”
The filmmaker adds lucidly: “Even though the world around him is becoming more and more difficult to understand and accept, Giovanni does not want to give in to a disappointing reality. And above all, he does not want to give up on the dream of being able to change it. And if life and history do not allow it, then cinema, with its contagious force and energy, will transform reality and make dreams possible. So, while he is busy on the set, he prepares and imagines two other films: the love story of a couple over several decades and “The Swimmer”, based on the story by John Cheever. The film goes through various crises and then overcomes them thanks to cinema, which has the magical power to make us rediscover lightness and the desire to be happy. Despite everything.”
“A film about love and abandonment”: the critical acclaim
In addition to its nomination for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, “The Best Is Yet to Come” received seven awards at the David di Donatello Awards and unanimous praise from critics. Here are some of the most notable comments.
“Moretti has once again found a way to make a film that creates tense comedy out of a process of self-therapy” – Lee Marshall, Screendaily.
“It brims with ideas that show a renewed commitment to cinema from a director who remains highly sensitive and who is now pushing 70.” – Peter Debruge, Variety.
“With renewed irony, Nanni Moretti returns with a film about love and abandonment that showcases himself and all his past films” – Camillo de Marco, Cineuropa.
“With some hilarious sequences (…) it is musical, funny and, in a country governed by the far right, it brings out its old Trotskyism with exciting political vigour” – Elsa Fernández-Santos, El País.
“The Best is Yet to Come” will be a treat for fans of the Italian director and a great surprise for those who are not familiar with his films.
TECHNICAL SHEET
“The Best is Yet to Come”
Original Title: “The Sun of the Future”
Year: 2023
Country: Italia
Director: Nanni Moretti
Script: Nanni Moretti
Department: Nanni Moretti, Marguerita Buy, Mathieu Almaric.
Gender: Drama – Comedy.
Qualification: THE.
Duration: 95 minutes
Distributed by: CDI Films
Premiere: August 22
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