ItalianoFino alla fine
18 October 18:45
Sala Sinopoli
Pub Acc
Festa del cinema
Synopsis
Sophie is a twenty-year-old American woman who has lived all her solitary life in a bubble. During a vacation in Palermo with her sister, she meets Giulio and his group of Sicilian friends. Anxious to let go and live life to the hilt, Sophie decides to walk along the edge of disaster and gets sucked into a vortex of risky behavior that turns a mere romp on the wild side into a heart-pumping fight for survival – and redemption.
COMMENTARY
Director Gabriele Muccino, co-writer here with Paolo Costella, returns to the big screen with a multi-layered action movie: thriller, love story, survival tale, and redemption, all in the space of twenty-four hours. The film is also a meditation on the role of fate, the transition to adulthood, and the weight of personal choices.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
The film revolves around the theme of life as the result of our own choices. Sophie, the main character, embodies an uncontrollable life force that makes her want to plunge into life, after living most of hers in a prison of her own making, made up of ambitions and broken dreams. Sophie represents that part of us that desires to live intensely, defy the unknown, and not settle for a life that has been decided for us.
I shot the film in two languages, Italian and English, to maintain the authenticity and the cultural divide between the characters. Fino alla fine invites us to our lives without regrets, exploring the new and challenging the past, in a passionate meditation of life, liberty, and love.
Director
Gabriele Muccino
Born in Rome in 1957, Gabriele Muccino made his directing debut with That’s It, followed by But Forever in My Mind and The Last Kiss (David di Donatello for Best Director and Audience Award at Sundance); this last had a sequel, Kiss Me Again. After Remember Me, My Love, he went to Hollywood to direct Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness (Oscar® nod for Best Actor) and Seven Pounds. In America he also made Playing for Keeps and Fathers & Daughters. On his return to Italy, he turned out the films Summertime, There’s No Place Like Home, and The Best Years. He went on to write and direct the first and second season of A casa tutti bene – la serie.