

The Hand of God
Fri. 19 Nov. / 7:30 pm / Karlovy Vary Municipal Theatre
Fri. 19 Nov. / 8 pm / Čas Cinema
Sat. 20 Nov. / 8 pm / Čas Cinema
Exclusive pre-premiere of the latest film by Paolo Sorrentino.
The Oscar-winning director of The Great Beauty and the Karlovy Vary festival hit Youth presents a captivating, autobiographically tinged film set in the pulsating city of Naples in the mid-1980s. The main character of this love letter to Sorrentino’s hometown and its distinctive inhabitants is seventeen-year-old Fabietto, who is approaching adulthood surrounded by his sympathetically madcap family and who is also a devoted fan of the football legend Diego Maradona.
SPECIFICATIONS:
USA / ITALY, 2021, 129 MIN., 15 +
LANGUAGE VERSIONS:
ITALIAN, ENGLISH AND CZECH SUBTITLES
DIRECTOR:
Paolo Sorrentino
STARRING:
Toni Servillo, Filippo Scotti, Teresa Saponangelo, Lino Musella, Alfonso Perugini, Luisa Ranieri
Karel Och’s comment
This collaborative effort between the Karlovy Vary IFF and the Czech Philharmonic is based on the emotional experience that both leading institutions have long sought to impart on their audiences, meaning the captivating emotions offered by a masterfully performed musical composition or an amazingly shot film. And The Hand of God, a Netflix production by the greatly admired master Paolo Sorrentino, which is being presented exclusively on the big screen as part of Variations 2021, certainly fits the bill.

Paolo Sorrentino