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There is Still Tomorrow – C’è ancora domani (118 min)
When the Second World War ended in 1945, Italy was a nation in ruins — physically, economically, and politically. Cities had been bombed, infrastructure destroyed, and the economy was in a state of near-collapse. For ordinary working-class families, particularly in cities like Rome, daily life meant poverty, overcrowding, and a constant scramble to make ends meet. It was against this backdrop of hardship that Italy’s new democratic republic was born, replacing the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini that had dominated the country since the 1920s. Yet democracy, however welcome, did not arrive overnight in people’s homes and hearts. Social attitudes — especially toward women — remained deeply entrenched. Women had long been confined to the domestic sphere, expected to cook, clean, raise children, and defer entirely to their husbands, with little legal protection against abuse and virtually no financial independence. It was only in June 1946 that Italian women were granted the right to vote for the very first time — a landmark moment that forms the beating heart of There Is Still Tomorrow.
The directorial debut of popular Italian actress Paola Cortellesi is a smart, audacious oddity — a neorealist-styled monochrome drama about an impoverished housewife’s everyday struggles in the Rome of 1946 that carries unusual dramatic and political weight.
The film won three prizes at the Rome Film Festival and became the highest-grossing Italian film of 2023. Funny, furious, and quietly revolutionary, There Is Still Tomorrow ends with a twist that will leave you cheering. A must for any serious film lover.