Airdate: The Hand of God

Upcoming Italian feature film The Hand of God directed and written by Academy Award-winning writer and director Paolo Sorrentino will be released in select cinemas in December and on Netflix on December 15.

The World Premiere will take place on 2nd September at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.

From Academy Award-winning writer and director Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty), comes the story of a young man’s heartbreak and liberation in 1980s Naples, Italy. The Hand of God follows Fabietto Schisa, an awkward Italian teen whose life and vibrant, eccentric family are suddenly upended—first by the electrifying arrival of soccer legend Diego Maradona and then by a shocking accident from which Maradona inadvertently saves Fabietto, setting his future in motion. Sorrentino returns to his hometown to tell his most personal story, a tale of fate and family, sports and cinema, love and loss.

Cast and Crew
Filippo Scotti – Fabietto Schisa
Toni Servillo – Saverio Schisa
Teresa Saponangelo – Maria Schisa
Marlon Joubert – Marchino Schisa
Luisa Ranieri – Patrizia
Renato Carpentieri – Alfredo
Massimiliano Gallo – Franco
Betti Pedrazzi – Baronessa Focale
Biagio Manna – Armando
Ciro Capano – Capuano
Enzo Decaro – San Gennaro
Lino Musella – Mariettiello
Sofya Gershevich – Yulia

Written and Directed By Paolo Sorrentino
Director of Photography – Daria D’Antonio
Assistant Director – Jacopo Bonvicini
Editor – Cristiano Travaglioli
Sound – Emanuele Cecere, Silvia Moraes, Mirko Perri
Costume Designer – Mariano Tufano
Production Designer -Carmine Guarino
Executive Producers – Elena Recchia, Gennaro Formisano, Riccardo Neri
Produced By Lorenzo Mieli And Paolo Sorrentino
The Apartment, A Fremantle Company, Production