There Will Always Be Tomorrow is the debut film by Paola Cortellesi, who also stars in it. The film shows post-war Italy, with a woman subjugated by her husband.
At times when abuse would be intolerable, the film adds poetic flight to scenes, says director. It has a solid cast in a solid tradition of Italian cinema, even if it has a bit of a dark side, she adds. It is a sensitive portrait that shows, with resources from comedy, drama and even the musical, the fight against patriarchy in impoverished post- war Italy, she says. The movie is shot in splendid black and white, and set in 1946, a time when the Italian peninsula was plunged into poverty after the insane madness of the Second World War. The images refer to the neorealist classics that starred Anna Magnani and Sophia Loren, says the director, who adds that the film is "a worthy heir to the best tradition of the Italian cinema" The film is out now on DVD and Blu-ray.