THERE’S STILL
TOMORROW
A box office sensation upon its theatrical release in Italy,
comedian Paola Cortellesi’s
black-and-white directorial debut is a moving comedic drama set in 1940s
Rome. Cortellesi also stars as Delia, a working-class mother who is a victim of
abuse at the hands of her military veteran husband (Valerio Mastandrea). Delia suffers in silence while going about her
daily routine, but a mysterious letter arrives giving her the courage at last
to change the circumstances of her life. An astounding film that is as
empowering as it is humorous, There’s Still Tomorrow movingly
depicts the plight and grace of, in the director’s own words, “the many
ordinary women who have built, unsuspectingly, our country.” (Italy, 2024, 118 mins, Italian | Dir Paola
Cortellesi)
