A true film about women’s lives conquered the Italian box office
“There is still tomorrow” has not only captured the box office of Italian cinemas, but has started discussions throughout the country.
Charso Press: According to the Hollywood Reporter, “There is still tomorrow” is a new movie that has just been released in Italy and has appeared more successful than Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie”. The film, which became Italy’s most watched film of 2023, is about domestic violence in Rome during the post-World War II era.
Delia, played by Paola Cortelzi, an actress who has also directed the film, wakes up next to her husband, Ivano, played by Valerio Mastandria. She slaps her husband without saying a word when he says a cheerful “Bonjournoy”. A hard slap. Then, as the soundtrack of a 40s love song fills the space, Delia begins her day. Violence seems to be as much a part of his routine as brushing his hair and getting dressed for work.
Filmed in black and white, the film pays homage to Italian neorealist classics such as The Bicycle Thief and The Defenseless City of Rome, but this social drama isn’t confined to the kitchen sink. First of all, people are introduced with short dialogues.
The father-in-law says: All the problems started when people stopped marrying their cousins! My wife lived like a queen! And Delia reminds the man that his wife committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor.
Cortelezi says she used stories she heard from her grandmother as a child about other women living in the same neighborhood who were abused to make her film. He says: What shocked me was the normalization of these tragic events.
He adds: It’s a Roman thing, we Roman people, even when we talk about the saddest events, we tend to tell them with a smile and a joke.
This influential film has been extremely successful at the box office and has grossed more than 30.5 million euros ($33.4 million) to date, second only to Greta Gerwig’s pink-themed blockbuster Barbie, which grossed 32 million euros. It is considered the most successful film of the year in Italy. Of course, in terms of ticket sales, “There’s Still Tomorrow” is actually number one, as it sold 4.49 million tickets, while “Barbie” sold 4.39 million tickets. Cortelzzi’s film is currently the sixth most successful Italian film of all time, and by the end of its release, it is expected to surpass Roberto Benigni’s “Life is Beautiful” (1997) and take the fifth place in history.
The film’s release has reignited debates about domestic violence, femicide and women’s rights in Italy since the shocking abduction and murder of 22-year-old student Julia Settin last month and the arrest of her boyfriend. has made it stronger.
On November 25 this year, this film was screened in the Italian Senate on the occasion of the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and it is also being screened for students, and 300,000 students have watched this film to date.
The film’s director says that it is only at the end that the audience realizes that “There’s Still Tomorrow” is a love story, but not a romantic love, but about the love of a mother for her daughter… I wanted this story for my daughter, who is now 11 years old, and for Let me describe the children of his generation.