Everybody's Fine

Program:

Retrospective program "Century"

Year:

1990

Country:

Italy, France

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

125’

Sicilian opera lover Matteo Scuro is a retired bureaucrat who wants to have a family reunion. When most of his adult children cancel their trip to Sicily, Matteo decides to take the train to them. On each visit to a different part of Italy, he learns about the lies that his family has been telling him, including a significant one about his missing son, Alvaro.

Schedule

Giuseppe Tornatore

An Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. He worked initially as a freelance photographer. Then, switching to cinema, he made his debut with LE MINORANZE ETNICHE IN SICILIA (THE ETHNIC MINORITIES IN SICILY), a collaborative documentary film which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then worked for RAI before releasing his first full-length film, IL CAMORRISTA, in 1985. This evoked a positive response from audience and critics alike and Tornatore was awarded the Silver Ribbon for best new director. In 1988, a collaboration with producer Franco Cristaldi gave birth to Tornatore's best known screen work: CINEMA PARADISO. This obtained worldwide success and won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Filmography: Il Camorrista (1986), Cinema Paradiso (1988), The Legend of 1900 (1998), Malèna (2000), Ennio — The Maestro (2021)

Creative team

Director

Giuseppe Tornatore

Screenplay

Giuseppe Tornatore, Massimo De Rita, Tonino Guerra

Camera

Blasco Giurato

Editing

Mario Morra

Production design

Andrea Crisanti