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There's Still Tomorrow: The film which beat Barbie at the box office in Italy
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68881292There's Still Tomorrow: The film which beat Barbie at the box office in Italy
39 minutes ago
By Emma Jones, BBC News
Fremantle
The domestic abuse experienced by the film's heroine, Delia, has resonated across Italy
Greta Gerwig's Barbie may be the most financially successful movie ever to be directed by a female filmmaker, and the highest-grossing film of 2023. But it was beaten at the box office in Italy by another film, also made by a woman and speaking directly about the female experience.
There's Still Tomorrow (C'è Ancora Domani), by 50-year-old actress, writer and singer Paola Cortellesi, is now being released across Europe, including the UK. It became a phenomenon in Italy last year, taking more money than both Barbie and Oppenheimer.
As of last month, it had made around £31.5m in cinemas, was the country's biggest film of 2023, and the most successful film ever directed by an Italian woman.
Cortellesi tells BBC News that she still can't quite believe its success.
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39 minutes ago
By Emma Jones, BBC News
Fremantle
The domestic abuse experienced by the film's heroine, Delia, has resonated across Italy
Greta Gerwig's Barbie may be the most financially successful movie ever to be directed by a female filmmaker, and the highest-grossing film of 2023. But it was beaten at the box office in Italy by another film, also made by a woman and speaking directly about the female experience.
There's Still Tomorrow (C'è Ancora Domani), by 50-year-old actress, writer and singer Paola Cortellesi, is now being released across Europe, including the UK. It became a phenomenon in Italy last year, taking more money than both Barbie and Oppenheimer.
As of last month, it had made around £31.5m in cinemas, was the country's biggest film of 2023, and the most successful film ever directed by an Italian woman.
Cortellesi tells BBC News that she still can't quite believe its success.
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