'Our country still has tomorrow' (written and directed by Paola Cotellese) opens today, and amid rave reviews from critics and audiences calling it "a powerful blow at the ending," "a must-see movie of the year," and "a life movie," a 'chaotic meeting of families video' containing highly relatable episodes has been released and become a hot topic.
'Our country still has tomorrow' is Delia's audacious (Positive) secret plan movie that dreams of an ending more beautiful than a fairy tale. Set in Italy in 1946, when a referendum to decide 'introduction of a republic vs. retention of the monarchy' was imminent after World War II, it highlights the historic moment when women were able to vote for the first time and vividly recreates the period of change that caused great upheaval in society. It showed such astonishing impact that it broke all box office records in Italy, opened in countries such as France, Germany, Spain and Poland to achieve global revenue of $50 million, and is recording overwhelmingly high audience ratings with a 91% Rotten Tomatoes popcorn meter score and a 4.1 on Letterboxd.
In Korea, after its first screening as an invitee to the 29th Busan International Film Festival, more than 500 reviews were posted on WatchaPedia, and it still maintains a rating of 4.2. At the time, audiences lavished praise on the film and urged for an official release, saying it was a work that must be released. Thanks to this support, it finally opens today and is emerging as a new hit. "There may be no revolutionary improvement in women's rights next year. But today's daughters are enjoying the future that their mothers slowly changed. The film cleverly unfolds this beginning in the form of a black-and-white classic film and pays tribute to the small acts of courage that changed women's lives," said Elle Lahyojin, "Within the classic black-and-white frame, it reconstructs the microhistory of patriarchal violence overlooked by neorealism from a feminist perspective and poses provocative questions to fossilized history. This film will be recorded in Italian film history as follows: 'Neorealism only found the face of women with Paola Cotellese,'" said film critic Kang Seonhwa, "It's been a while since I found a film I want to beg people to watch. It delivers a powerful blow at the ending. With that blow, this film comes to represent many things. Above all, when talking about women's tomorrow, people will think of this film," said film critic Kim Cheolhong. The press praise was echoed by audiences: "I liked that the ending went differently than I expected" (Megabox sy****), "I really, really, really loved the film. I welled up at the final scene. A must-see movie this year" (Megabox sc****), "A life movie" (Megabox yy****), "A film that inevitably satisfies" (Megabox tw****), and word of mouth is already spreading that this is this year's ending.
Meanwhile, ahead of today's release, the 'chaotic meeting of families video' from 'Our country still has tomorrow' captures the rough meeting-of-families scene for Delia's daughter Marcella, who is about to be married, and the episode of wide resonance that transcends era and nation draws attention.
The film 'Our country still has tomorrow,' which evokes word of mouth with a message from 1946 that remains valid today, opens today and can be seen in theaters.
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