Paola Cortellesi received the Capitoline Wolf today, Tuesday 16 January, the highest honor awarded by the Municipality of Rome to deserving illustrious people. A beautiful moment for the actress with the film There’s still tomorrow he made his debut as a director, achieving mind-boggling results.
Paola Cortellesi awarded in Rome: «I thank the inhabitants of Testaccio»
In his speech in the Giulio Cesare hall of the Campidoglio, the actress and director appeared moved and deeply grateful. «I am honored because I’m Roman and why this is my home. This is a job that is never done alone but as a team”, she began.
And immediately afterwards he added. «I thank the inhabitants of Testaccio who allowed me to talk about the neighborhood, I had already told all the others». All while dedicating the award to the people close to her. «I share this recognition with my family. Mom don’t cry (turning to his mother, present in the room and moved, ed). If dad were here with us, as an old Roman, he would have simply told me “Bella de papa”».
Paola Cortellesi on 16 January 2024 at the Campidoglio, in Rome, together with the mayor of the city, Roberto Gualtieri, for the delivery ceremony of the Capitoline Wolf. Credit: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images
Mayor Gualtieri: «I thank you for the way you have always described our city»
The mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, underlined the power of Paola Cortellesi’s latest film, There’s still tomorrow. And she wanted to thank her for what she managed to tell in that film. «A pleasure to be able to meet Paola, compliment her on her work and thank her for the way she has always described our city».
Then a note: «His latest work is a huge successcongratulations also to the organizers of the Film Fest for choosing it as this year’s opening film.”
There’s still tomorrow: Paola Cortellesi’s film is the most watched in 2023 in Italy
Indeed, the movie There’s still tomorrow – officially presented at the eighteenth Rome Film Festival (where he received two prizes: the special jury prize and a special mention as best first work) – he achieved incredible results. The film – Film of the year to the Silver Ribbons of 2024 – was appreciated by Italian and foreign critics for its direction, for its cast (which includes names such as Valerio Mastandrea, Emanuela Fanelli, Vinicio Marchioni and Francesco Centorame) and above all for how he treated the theme of patriarchal culture and gender violence.
There’s still tomorrow he passed it Barbie and it became the highest-grossing film of 2023 in Italy. And not only that: now it is in fifth place among the highest-grossing Italian films ever. A success that demonstrates the total need for a film like this.
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