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

Toni Servillo and Filippo Scotti. Pictures: Gianni Fiorito 

★★★★☆

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.