Movie review: The Hand of God is warm-hearted, quirky, tragic and humorous

The film is reminiscent of Cinema Paradiso in its nostalgic tone and cinematically inspired narrative
Movie review: The Hand of God is warm-hearted, quirky, tragic and humorous

Toni Servillo and Filippo Scotti. Pictures: Gianni Fiorito 

Fri, 03 Dec, 2021 - 15:00
Declan Burke

★★★★☆

One of the great contemporary Italian directors, Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand of God (15A) is an autobiographical coming-of-age story set in Naples in the 1980s.

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