Fuori

{{Infobox film

| name = Fuori

| image = Fuori 2025.jpeg

| caption = Italian theatrical release poster

| director = Mario Martone

| screenplay = {{Plainlist|

Mario Martone
{{ill|Ippolita Di Majo|it}}

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| based_on = {{Based on|L'università di Rebibbia|Goliarda Sapienza}}

| producer =

| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| cinematography = Paolo Carnera

| editing = {{ill|Jacopo Quadri|it}}

| music = {{ill|Valerio Vigliar|it}}

| studio = {{Plainlist|

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| distributor = {{Plainlist|

01 Distribution (Italy)

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| released = {{film date|df=y|2025|5|20|Cannes|2025|5|22|Italy}}

| runtime = 115 minutes

| country = {{Plainlist|

Italy
France

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| language = Italian

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Fuori ({{translation|Outside}}) is a 2025 biographical drama film co-written and directed by Mario Martone, based on the 1983 novel {{ill|L'università di Rebibbia|it}} by Goliarda Sapienza. It stars Valeria Golino as Sapienza, alongside Matilda De Angelis, Elodie, Corrado Fortuna, Stefano Dionisi and Antonio Gerardi.

The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2025, and will be theatrically released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 22 May 2025.

Premise

In 1980, writer Goliarda Sapienza is arrested for theft, and meets two young inmates in prison. Following their release, the three women form a deep bond.{{cite web |last=Santoni |first=Simona |title=Festival di Cannes 2025, l'Italia in concorso solo con Mario Martone |url=https://www.panorama.it/tempo-libero/cinema/festival-di-cannes-litalia-in-concorso-solo-con-mario-martone |website=Panorama |access-date=11 April 2025 |language=it |date=10 April 2025}}

Cast

Valeria Golino as Goliarda Sapienza
Matilda De Angelis as Roberta
Elodie as Barbara
Corrado Fortuna as {{ill|Angelo Pellegrino|it}}
Stefano Dionisi as Valerio
Antonio Gerardi as Albert
Francesco Gheghi as Giancarlo
Daphne Scoccia as Ottavia

Production

In March 2024, director Mario Martone announced that his next film would be about Goliarda Sapienza.{{cite web |title=Mario Martone, 'il mio prossimo film su Goliarda Sapienza' |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/cinema/2024/03/14/mario-martone-il-mio-prossimo-film-su-goliarda-sapienza_510c1c67-1593-4477-917b-8097d74e0925.html |website=ANSA |access-date=10 April 2025 |language=it |date=14 March 2024}} Principal photography began in Rome in June 2024.{{cite web |last=Panettieri |first=Tiziana |title=Elodie torna al cinema diretta da Mario Martone: iniziate le riprese di "Fuori". Nel cast anche Valeria Golino e Matilda De Angelis |url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/persone/elodie_torna_cinema_film_mario_martone_attrice_cast_fuori_valeria_golino_matilda_de_angelis-8205203.html |website=Il Messaggero |access-date=10 April 2025 |language=it |date=26 June 2024}}{{cite web |last=Pasquini |first=Mattia |title=Fuori, Mario Martone sul set con Valeria Golino, Elodie e Matilda De Angelis |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/fuori-mario-martone-sul-set-con-valeria-golino-elodie-e-matilda-de-angelis/ |website=Ciak |access-date=10 April 2025 |language=it |date=25 June 2024}} Filming also took place in Fregenae and Maccarese.{{cite web |last=Menegazzi |first=Roberta |title="Fuori" di Mario Martone al Festival di Cannes: scene girate anche a Fregene e Maccarese |url=https://canaledieci.it/2025/04/15/fuori-di-mario-martone-al-festival-di-cannes-scene-girate-anche-a-fregene-e-maccarese/ |website=Canale 10 |access-date=15 April 2025 |language=it |date=15 April 2025}}

Release

The first promotional stills were released on 3 December 2024, while a promotional clip was released on 10 April 2025.{{cite web |last=Ulivi |first=Stefania |title=Golino, Matilda De Angelis e Elodie tre star per Martone e Goliarda Sapienza |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/24_dicembre_03/golino-matilda-de-angelis-e-elodietre-star-per-martone-e-goliarda-sapienza-a6d0b9e4-fefe-49c1-9574-e640d3359xlk.shtml |website=Corriere della Sera |access-date=10 April 2025 |language=it |date=3 December 2024}}{{cite web |last=Aricò |first=Giacomo |title=Fuori, il film di Mario Martone al Festival di Cannes 2025: Valeria Golino, Matilda De Angelis e Elodie nella prima clip |url=https://www.vogue.it/article/fuori-film-mario-martone-festival-di-cannes-2025 |website=Vogue Italia |access-date=11 April 2025 |language=it |date=10 April 2025}} The film will be distributed by 01 Distribution in Italy, while Goodfellas owns the international sales rights to the film.{{cite web |last=Scarpa |first=Vittoria |title=Valeria Golino is playing Goliarda Sapienza in Mario Martone's Fuori |url=https://cineuropa.org/newsdetail/464006/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=10 April 2025 |date=25 June 2024}}{{cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |title=Goodfellas Unveils Star-Studded EFM Slate With New Films By Cristian Mungiu, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Claire Denis, Saeed Roustaee, Mario Martone, Raoul Peck & Fresh Berlinale Acquisition |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/goodfellas-2025-efm-slate-cristian-mungiu-rodrigo-sorogoyen-claire-denis-mario-martone-raoul-peck-1236279450/ |website=Deadline |access-date=10 April 2025 |date=5 February 2025}} It had its world premiere in competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2025,{{cite web |last1=Bamigboye |first1=Baz |last2=Blyth |first2=Antonia |title=Mario Martone's 'Fuori' With Valeria Golino Gets 7½-Minute Ovation At Cannes Premiere |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/fuori-cannes-premiere-ovation-1236406038/ |website=Deadline |access-date=21 May 2025 |date=20 May 2025}} and will be theatrically released in Italy on 22 May 2025.{{cite web |last=Giampaolo |first=Claudia |title=Fuori di Mario Martone in concorso a Cannes 2025 con Elodie, Golino e De Angelis |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/fuori-di-mario-martone-in-concorso-a-cannes-2025/ |website=Ciak |access-date=20 May 2025 |language=it |date=29 April 2025}}{{cite web |last=Di Lorenzo |first=Paolo |title=Valeria Golino, Matilda De Angelis ed Elodie in "Fuori" di Mario Martone |url=https://www.sorrisi.com/cinema/film-in-uscita/valeria-golino-matilda-de-angelis-ed-elodie-in-fuori-di-mario-martone/ |website=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni |access-date=20 May 2025 |language=it |date=6 May 2025}}

Reception

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|58|6.2|12|ref=yes|access-date=3 June 2025}} {{Metacritic film prose|47|5|ref=yes|access-date=3 June 2025}}

Damon Wise of Deadline wrote, "The ending, then, is a little disappointing, since it involves a little twist that, if she really was paying so much close attention, [Goliarda] Sapienza would have seen coming. Nevertheless, the film’s central premise is refreshing."{{cite web |last=Wise |first=Damon |title='Fuori' Review: Valeria Golino Exudes Humanity In Mario Martone's Refreshing Biopic Of A Struggling Literary Pioneer – Cannes Film Festival |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/fuori-review-valeria-golino-mario-martone-1236406071/ |website=Deadline |access-date=21 May 2025 |date=20 May 2025}} Guy Lodge of Variety called the film "repetitive, tediously non-linear" and "restless, darting". He commended the performance of Matilda De Angelis, however, writing, "De Angelis is electric as the capricious, self-destructive Roberta, even if the character herself isn’t very substantively written, and the film's very pulse quickens whenever she enters the frame."{{cite web |last=Lodge |first=Guy |title='Fuori' Review: Jailtime Revives a Middle-Aged Writer's Mojo in Mario Martone's Uninvolving Literary Biopic |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/fuori-review-1236404326/ |website=Variety |access-date=21 May 2025 |date=20 May 2025}} Lee Marshall of Screen Daily also noted the film's non-linear structure, writing that "the temporal leaps don't distract from the fact that the plot is threadbare in places".{{cite web |last=Marshall |first=Lee |title='Fuori' review: Mario Martone, Valeria Golino zoom in on 'Art Of Joy' author Goliarda Sapienza |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/fuori-review-mario-martone-valeria-golino-zoom-in-on-art-of-joy-author-goliarda-sapienza/5204805.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=21 May 2025 |date=20 May 2025}}

=Accolades=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Award ! Year ! Category ! Recipient(s) ! Result ! class="unsortable" \| {{Tooltip\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row" \| Cannes Film Festival \| 2025 \| Palme d'Or \| Mario Martone \| {{nom}} \| {{cite web \|last=Roxborough \|first=Scott \|title=Jafar Panahi Wins Cannes Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident' \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-cannes-film-festival-palme-dor-winners-1236228268/ \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|access-date=24 May 2025 \|date=24 May 2025}}
rowspan="11" scope="row" \| Nastri d'Argento \| rowspan="11" \| 2025 \| Best Film \| Fuori \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="11" \| {{cite web \|last=Scarpa \|first=Vittoria \|title=The Time It Takes triumphs at the Nastri d'Argento Awards \|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/480388 \|website=Cineuropa \|access-date=17 June 2025 \|date=17 June 2025}}
Best Director \| Mario Martone \| {{nom}}
Best Screenplay \| Mario Martone, {{ill\|Ippolita Di Majo\|it}} \| {{nom}}
Best Actress \| Valeria Golino \| {{won}}
rowspan="2" \| Best Supporting Actress \| Matilda De Angelis \| {{won}}
Elodie \| {{won}}
Best Casting Director \| Paola Rota, Raffaele Di Florio \| {{nom}}
Best Cinematography \| Paolo Carnera \| {{nom}}
Best Production Design \| Carmine Guarino \| {{nom}}
Best Editing \| {{ill\|Jacopo Quadri\|it}} \| {{nom}}
Best Sound \| Maricetta Lombardo \| {{nom}}

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! Award

! Year

! Category

! Recipient(s)

! Result

! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" | Cannes Film Festival

| 2025

| Palme d'Or

| Mario Martone

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |title=Jafar Panahi Wins Cannes Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-cannes-film-festival-palme-dor-winners-1236228268/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=24 May 2025 |date=24 May 2025}}

rowspan="11" scope="row" | Nastri d'Argento

| rowspan="11" | 2025

| Best Film

| Fuori

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="11" | {{cite web |last=Scarpa |first=Vittoria |title=The Time It Takes triumphs at the Nastri d'Argento Awards |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/480388 |website=Cineuropa |access-date=17 June 2025 |date=17 June 2025}}

Best Director

| Mario Martone

| {{nom}}

Best Screenplay

| Mario Martone, {{ill|Ippolita Di Majo|it}}

| {{nom}}

Best Actress

| Valeria Golino

| {{won}}

rowspan="2" | Best Supporting Actress

| Matilda De Angelis

| {{won}}