Netflix continues to make waves on the lagoon. After Jane Campion (
The Power of the Dog
), another big name in cinema is in the running for the Golden Lion under the banner of the streaming platform. The Italian Paolo Sorrentino is back at the Mostra twenty years after making his debut with
The Man Plus
. We did not expect much from the author of
Il Divo
and
La Grande Bellezza
, little convinced by
Youth
and
Loro
, portrait of Silvio Berlusconi without any real stake. In any case, we weren't expecting a film as beautiful as
The Hand of God
.
This return to form of Sorrentino can no doubt be explained because the filmmaker has found a subject that inspires him: himself.
The Hand of God
is not a film about Diego Maradona.
At 51, the Neapolitan director remembers his youth in the 1980s, at a time when the Argentinian footballer was expected as the Messiah in Napoli, where he would end up signing and winning the Italian championship, a first in the history of the club.
Corn
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