The Capri, Hollywood film fest on
Thursday named Italian comic and actress Paola Cortellesi
'European Filmmaker 2023' following the success of her
directorial debut C'e' Ancora Domani (There's Still Tomorrow) on
domestic violence in a post-war setting.
On Tuesday it emerged that C'e' ancora domani had overtaken
Roberto Benigni's Oscar winning classic Life Is Beautiful in
fifth place in the all-time Italian box office standings for
home-grown films.
The black-and-white film, telling the domestic drama of an
abused housewife in post-war Rome and confronting issues of
patriarchy and women's empowerment in the year Italian women got
to vote for the first time, had already beaten this year's cult
phenom Barbie into second place for 2023.
The all-time standings are led by four films by comic Checco
Zalone.
C'e' Ancora Domani has now taken 31, 481,358 euros.
It stands tenth all-time for films from all over the world.
The popular Catholic weekly news magazine Famiglia Cristiana
named Cortellesi 'Italian of the year' for 2023 on Wednesday.
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