SortWe so accustomed to full swirling films twists and turns that Nonnasfrom today on Netflix, could appear troppo naive And inconsistent, from the title. And instead the new comedy gastronomic theme It deserves a possibility: it is aedifying true story, directed by Stephen Chbosky, With a formidable cast of actresses. NShe is a narrative linearity, it is one sentimental fairy tale on the therapeutic power of food And on culinary art, invisible thread capable of re -related relationships and occasions.
Nonnasthe plot of the new film now on Netflix
The Italian American Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn) He is at the funeral of his mother Mariadead from a tumor. Single over 40, employee of the New York public transport company, Joe has always taken care of her and now he feels lost. Left alone, he thinks back to the years of his childhood among the streets of Little Italy. To the wise gestures of the grandmother and the mother in the kitchen when they prepared Sunday lunch. I think back to their words full of wisdom and when they said that at the table they do not age.
To remember them, Joe starts cooking their recipes For friends and relatives. And this activity makes him feel so well that he decides to buy an old restaurant in Staten Island: chooses to call him “Enoteca Maria”.
Despite the negative opinion of his best friend Bruno (Joe Manganiello) and his wife Stella (Drea Dematteo)spends all his savings To renovate the place. And then he decides to fire true chefs and to take on elderly women in their place: Italian grandmothers that cook home dishes.
The protagonists of “Nonnas” (Netflix)
The four Nonnas Cooks of the Enoteca Maria
The former Teresa Sister Teresa replies first to his work announcement (Talia Shire). Antonella follows (Brenda Vaccaro), widow of Bolognese origins neighbor of Olivia (Linda Cardellini), the eX girlfriend of Joe’s high school.
To them are added two old friends of Maria. Roberta (Lorraine Bracco), Sicilian with a impetuous character Which always wants to cook the Capuzzella, or a lamb head stuffed with a very marked smell. Finally, the seductive hairdresser already (Susan Sarandon), very good pastryspecialized in cannoli.
There is no shortage of problems: first the bureaucratic difficulties, then a fire principle due to the Capuzzella and finally the poor clientele. Although the grandmothers are fantastic cooks, the quarrels between Roberta and Antonella create an incandescent climate. The days pass and the risk of failing is high.
Nonnas It is taken from a true story
The atmospheres of Nonnas they remember, From far away, the fairytale optimism of A movie by Frank Capra or the beautiful Big night by Stanley Tucci, where food became an opportunity for redemption. Inquired of nostalgia, the film is inspired by a true story. The plot in fact coincides in all respects with Joe Scaravella’s life. His “Enoteca Maria”of Staten Island, is a restaurant really created in memory of the mother and grandmother. And really to keep the memories and its roots alive has put In the kitchen not professional cooks but real grandmothers from every nation, from Greece to Algeria. The elderly matriarche rotates propose the traditional recipes of their country.
Susan Sarandon, Brenda Vaccaro, Lorraine Bracco and Talia Shire in “Nonnas” (Netflix)
The review of the film
Director Stephen Chbosky (We are infinite) He directs this comedy written by his wife, Liz Maccie (Siren). Explore, between ups and downs, interesting issues. The Phalf rhyme of the film, however, is a concentrate of clichés and antiquated folklore on Italians.
Italians who dance only the tarantella, eat at all hours and are eternally mammon. Fortunately, in the second part it is raised thanks to the explosive presence of the four magnificent actresses. A gyge in which the protagonists Over the years, the death of loved ones, regrets and missed opportunities are confronted with the passing of the yearswithout stopping looking to the future.
The dialogues (like the one on beauty that does not coincide with aesthetics but is born when a woman is truly listened to), give introspection and depth to the story. The bickering between Lorraine Bracco and Brenda Vaccaro are equally effective On the best regional cuisine: anything but speckles, liven up the plot, Putting the predictable and late Love Story in the background between Olivia and Joe.
The cast, from Susan Sarandon to Jon Voight
Faced with this compact wall of mature femininity, Poor Vince Vaughn (Hacksaw Ridge) disappears. The same goes for the supporting actors Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike), rather colorless, and Linda Cardellini (Er), not very incisive, if not accessory.
The part of the lion, or rather of the lionesses, make it the formidable protagonists. And that is Talia Share, who has starred in important films such as The godfather and that in Rocky It was Adriana, Sylvester Stallone’s wife. Brenda Vaccaro, the co -star of A man for sidewalk Next to Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. Susan Sarandon (Thelma and Luise) interpreter of great charisma and activist for civil rights, which It needs no introduction. Lorraine Bracco and Drea De Matteo were the female stars of the cult series The soprano.
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