We Still Talk
{{Short description|2021 Italian film}}
{{Infobox film
| image = We Still Talk Locandina.jpg
| director = Pupi Avati
| screenplay = Pupi Avati
Antonio Avati
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Renato Pozzetto
- Fabrizio Gifuni
- Isabella Ragonese
- Chiara Caselli
- Lino Musella
- Nicola Nocella
- Gioele Dix
- Serena Grandi
- Alessandro Haber
- Stefania Sandrelli
}}
| music = Lucio Gregoretti
| cinematography = Cesare Bastelli
| editing = Ivan Zuccon
| producer =
|distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2021}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
}}
We Still Talk (Italian: Lei mi parla ancora) is a 2021 Italian romantic drama film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati and starring Renato Pozzetto and Stefania Sandrelli.
== Plot ==
{{No plot|date=April 2024}}
== Cast ==
- Renato Pozzetto as Giuseppe 'Nino' Sgarbi
- Stefania Sandrelli as Caterina 'Rina' Cavallini
- Lino Musella as Young Nino
- Isabella Ragonese as Young Rina
- Chiara Caselli as Elisabetta Sgarbi
- Matteo Carlomagno as Vittorio Sgarbi
- Fabrizio Gifuni as Amicangelo
- {{Interlanguage link|Nicola Nocella|it}} as Giulio
- Serena Grandi as Clementina
- Alessandro Haber as Bruno
- Giulia Elettra Gorietti as Marta
- Gioele Dix as the literary agent
Production
The film is based on the autobiographical novel Lei mi parla ancora, written at 95 years old by Giuseppe Sgarbi, the father of the politician and art critic Vittorio and of the publisher and film maker Elisabetta.{{cite news |last1=Priori |first1=Daniele |title=Lei mi parla ancora, il segreto dell'amore immortale sulle rive del Po |url=https://www.ilriformista.it/lei-mi-parla-ancora-il-segreto-dellamore-immortale-sulle-rive-del-po-194831/ |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=Il Riformista |date=10 February 2021 |language=it-IT}}
It was produced by Bartlebyfilm and Vision Distribution in collaboration with Duea Film{{cite news |last1=Finos |first1=Arianna |title='Lei mi parla ancora', l'amore per sempre secondo Pupi Avati |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2021/02/05/news/lei_mi_parla_ancora_pupi_avati-286115876/ |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=la Repubblica |date=5 February 2021 |language=it}} and was shot between the Ferrara Province and Rome.{{cite news |last1=Fuschi |first1=Alberto |title=Dove è stato girato Lei mi parla ancora, location e ambientazione del film |url=https://www.spettacoloitaliano.it/2023/04/14/dove-e-stato-girato-lei-mi-parla-ancora/ |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=SpettacoloItaliano.it |date=14 April 2023 |language=it-IT}}
Release
The film was supposed to be released in cinemas in 2020, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic it was eventually acquired by Sky Italia and released on streaming starting from 8 February 2021.{{cite news |last1=Uzzo |first1=Cecilia |title="Lei mi parla ancora", Renato Pozzetto su Sky nel nuovo film di Pupi Avati |url=https://www.gqitalia.it/show/article/lei-mi-parla-ancora-film-sgarbi-streaming-sky-pozzetto-pupi-avati |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=GQ Italia |date=8 February 2021 |language=it-IT}}
Reception
For his performance in this film Renato Pozzetto was awarded a special Nastro d'Argento and was nominated for the David di Donatello in the "Best Actor" category.{{cite news |title=Nastro d'argento speciale a Renato Pozzetto|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2021/05/24/nastro-dargento-speciale-a-renato-pozzetto_c10e7590-50e3-4cc9-b9b0-174ae6fa9959.html |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=ANSA |date=24 May 2021 |language=it}}{{cite news |last1=Di Francesco |first1=Davide |title=Renato Pozzetto: "Aspettavo il David di Donatello ma non me l'hanno dato" |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/renato-pozzetto-aspettavo-il-david-di-donatello-ma-non-me-lhanno-dato/ |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=Ciak |date=18 May 2021 |language=it-IT}} The film also received Nastro d'Argento nominations for best film, best director and best supporting actor (Fabrizio Gifuni), and a David di Donatello nomination for best non-original screenplay.{{cite news |title=Nastri d'argento 2021: 'L'incredibile storia dell'Isola delle Rose' e 'Le sorelle Macaluso' guidano le candidature |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/news-cinema-tv/nastri-dargento-2021-lincredibile-storia-dellisola-delle-rose-e-le-sorelle-macaluso-guidano-le-candidature/562953/ |access-date=14 April 2024 |work= Rolling Stone Italia|date=26 May 2021 |language=it-IT}}{{cite news |title=David di Donatello, tutte le candidature per film, registi e script |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/cinema/approfondimenti/candidati-david-donatello-2021#05 |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=Sky TG24 |date=11 May 2021 |language=it}}
References
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External links
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Category:Films based on actual events