Nostalgia (Movie Drama)

Based on Ermanno Rea’s novel, Mario Martone’s Cannes Competition debut and Italy’s official selection for Palm d’Or explores the theme of homecoming while grappling with memory. Pierfrancesco Favino stars as a man returning home to visit his mother.

Nostalgia is an engaging study of a man’s complex emotions when visiting his childhood home. Its ethereal style can be unnerving at times, yet it remains an insightful and worthwhile piece of cinema.

Director Mario Martone

Nostalgia, Italy’s celebrated director Mario Martone brings his unique aesthetic to his hometown. This film will appeal to anyone who has ever felt an intense affinity for their city and want to savor the memories of days gone by.

Pierfrancesco Favino stars as Felice Lasco, a middle-aged man who returns to Naples after living abroad in Egypt for years. Upon reaching his hometown as an adult, he finds that things have drastically changed since he left as a child. Upon seeing how different the world now appears to him from before, he realizes how drastically things have changed since then.

He is also faced with memories of a past that is no longer quite the same. This tale explores the relationship between past and present, with both needing to work together in order to reach their objectives.

Nostalgia stands out among films dealing with nostalgia as it shows that nostalgia can be both positive and negative. As Favino’s Felice reconnects to his hometown, he begins to rediscover his childhood memories and the place that holds a special place in his heart.

As Felice recalls his life, he remembers both his father’s story and that of younger brother Oreste (Tomaso Ragno). The older Oreste is a violent figure who stayed behind to protect the family but eventually turned into an equally dangerous individual.

Nostalgia stands out from other Italian movies set in Naples with its lack of fuzzy coziness. Based on Ermanno Rea’s novel of the same name, Nostalgia follows Felice Lasco (Pierfrancesco Favino) as she returns home after forty years away.

Martone’s first film to screen at Cannes and 24 years since his last Venice screening, Martone has created an elegant drama about an outsider coming to terms with his hometown. Set against a vibrant Neapolitan neighborhood that simultaneously celebrates life and mourns loss, Paolo Carnera’s camera captures both poignantly.

Cast Pierfrancesco Favino

Pierfrancesco Favino is an acclaimed Italian actor who has been active since the 1990s. His credits include over fifty European films and television series, with Nostalgia earning him the Best Actor in a Feature Film award at Cannes 2022.

Italian filmmaker Mario Martone recently adapted Ermanno Rea’s novel of the same name for his latest directorial effort, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2022. This tightly crafted narrative has been praised for its clarity and focus, telling a tale about a man returning home to Naples after decades away.

The story follows businessman Felice Lasco (Favino), who, after four decades abroad, returns to his old neighborhood of Rione Sanita in Naples to visit his elderly mother Teresa (Aurora Quattrocchi). But upon walking the streets of Rione Sanita, he discovers that everything has changed.

He learns Neapolitan in order to speak to his mother in her language, and the scenes of him helping her move into her new apartment showcase some of Favino’s finest acting work. It’s a touching scene that will surely leave you in tears.

Nostalgia is one of the most delicately and beautifully acted movies I’ve seen in two years, taking us inside an area in the city often overlooked for its poverty and crime. It’s an absorbing film that gives us a rare insight into its inner workings.

Nostalgia, directed by Italian cinematographer Paolo Carnera with traditional tan tone-on-tone film stock, is an uplifting film that deserves to be seen on big screens across North America. Aside from its realism, Nostalgia also possesses an infectious optimism.

It’s a film that will make you reflect on your own memories, yet its presentation of them is so open and honest that it forces you to examine those in your own life. Additionally, it emphasizes how wistful nostalgia for memories can be detrimental and cause much pain.

Screenplay by Ermanno Rea

After living abroad for 45 years, Felice Lasco (Pierfrancesco Favino) returns to his hometown of Naples to care for his sick mother. But as he wanders around his neighborhood, memories of his criminal youth and past begin to surface. Although encouraged to leave it behind by a local priest, he finds himself drawn back to childhood friend Oreste (Tommaso Ragno), now an infamous mobster.

Italian director Mario Martone’s Nostalgia, in contrast to his earlier films with their expansive historical narratives, focuses on a poignant tale of homecoming set in Rione Sanita neighborhood in Naples. Nostalgia is an intense return-to-roots drama set against an idyllic backdrop.

Nostalgia, adapted from Ermanno Rea’s novel of the same name, is a poignant film that delves into nostalgia’s many forms. Through beautiful editing, Nostalgia connects Felice and Oreste to their shared memories in an intense way that speaks both to anxiety surrounding reintegration as well as hope.

Nostalgia, directed by Mario Martone, is his latest film and first to play in competition at Cannes Film Festival since 1995. Additionally, it was named European Film of the Year at last month’s Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival.

Nostalgia, based on Ermanno Rea’s book of the same name, follows Felice Lasco (Pierfrancesco Fivino) after his return to Naples after 40 years away. Despite being advised by local priest Don Luigi to leave behind his past behind, he cannot resist returning to Oreste’s childhood neighbourhood in search of closure.

As Felice returns to a Naples neighborhood suffering from poverty, Martone’s film provides an intense and often harrowing glimpse of a city on the brink of redemption or damnation. Instead of romanticizing Camorra or Naples, Nostalgia celebrates its inhabitants’ sense of identity and the bonds that bind them together.

Nostalgia is an engaging tale of regrets and a nostalgic love-letter to Naples that deserves the Best Foreign Feature Oscar nomination. It recently debuted at Cannes and will soon be released in America by Breaking Glass Pictures.

Music by Cairokee

Nostalgia is often used to describe an emotional state of mind, yet director Mario Martone’s film does more than simply stir the nostalgia pot. He has crafted an esoteric narrative that manages to be both captivating and thought provoking.

Nostalgia not only offers an elegant romance story, but it also boasts some of the most captivating cinematography we’ve seen in years. For instance, Favino’s opening shot of Felice Lasco (played by Favino) driving down the highway in her iconic fender-bowed car is one of the most poignant scenes we’ve witnessed this year.

Nostalgia’s tribute to Cairokee’s classic Egyptian song of the same name is worth listening to, especially for fans of this legendary band. Even better, Nostalgia presents an equally captivating version of that same song live during their captivating live performance that will leave audiences spellbound.