Paola Cortellesi – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

THERE’S STILL TOMORROW – Review by Leslie Combemale

February 24, 2025March 1, 2025 Leslie Combemale italian films, Paola Cortellesi, There’s Still Tomorrow

Oh, There’s Still Tomorrow, where have you been all my life? As much as I cover female-helmed and fronted films, I can’t believe I’m only just hearing about this gem. Though it won six Italian Academy Awards, it’s only just releasing in the US on March 7th. Beautifully filmed in black and white, it captures the feel of the Italian neorealism of the 40s and 50s. The script is tight and believable, and credit is due, in part, to director Paola Cortellesi, who, impressively, is not only the co-screenwriter, but also stars as lead character, Delia.

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THERE IS STILL TOMORROW – Review by Nadine Whitney

September 30, 2024October 3, 2024 Nadine Whitney italian films, Paola Cortellesi, Romana Maggiora Vergano, There’s Still Tomorrow, Valerio Mastandrea

Paola Cortellesi’s There’s Still Tomorrow is a wonderful film, combining the bleak reality for women in Italy suffering under extreme misogyny and violence with a spirit of shared rebellion. The final rug pull Cortellesi performs upends where you thought the film was going and turns it into a firmly political film about the struggle of women to have a voice and make choices. Mordantly funny, exquisitely performed, and chilling in its depiction of abuse and violence; There’s Still Tomorrow is forever relevant.