She had long wanted to tell a story of female emancipation.
Inspired by anecdotes collected from her Roman grandmothers, chatter from courtyards, passed down from generation to generation.
From a book on the conquest of women's rights, read to her daughter one evening, she came up with the idea for the final twist.
But she never would have imagined such a wave.
Paola Cortellesi, 50, is the woman everyone is talking about in Italy.
His film, “There’s Still Tomorrow,” is released in French theaters this Wednesday, March 13.
It has become a real social phenomenon on the peninsula since its release at the end of October, totaling more than five million admissions, stronger than “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer”.
Even more impressive: it climbed into the top 5 of the biggest hits in the history of Italian cinema, ahead of “Life is Beautiful” by Roberto Benigni, with revenues estimated at more than 35 million euros.
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