Toni Servillo’s nuanced performance in 'La Grazia' earned him the Best Actor award at the 2025 Venice Film Festival. The film also won 'Best Screenplay' at the 2025 Chicago International Film Festival.
The Italian Film Week in Vietnam, organized by the Embassy of Italy in Vietnam in cooperation with the Asian Film Festival in Rome, will take place in Hanoi from October 27 through November 1.
Paolo Sorrentino is a renowned Italian director known for his distinctive visual style. Among the six selected films, La Grazia (The Pardona) marks Sorrentino's sharp return after his previous controversial films.
The film reunites him with Toni Servillo, who plays Italian President Mariano De Santis in the final days of his term as he faces a moral crisis and difficult personal decisions.
Variety described the film as a calm, sincere and deeply reflective work on aging, responsibility, fatherhood and the moral boundaries of power.
Pierfrancesco Favino in 'My Tennis Maestro'. Photo: Andrea Miconi
Beyond La Grazia, the Italian Film Week will screen Andrea Di Stefano's Il Maestro (My Tennis Maestro), a coming-of-age story about friendship, empathy and the bond between two generations.
It will also feature Primavera, the directorial debut of opera and theater director Damiano Michieletto, praised for its feminist perspective and portrayal of music as an escape from social constraints.
'Primavera' tells the story of Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian Baroque composer and violinist best known for 'The Four Seasons'. Photo: Variety
According to director Margherita Spampinato, 'Gioia Mia' is almost entirely autobiographical. Photo: ilgiornale
Gioia Mia (Sweetheart), Margherita Spampinato’s directorial debut, follows a teenager from a modern, non-religious family as he navigates the clash between modernity and the past, reason and faith. The film won several awards at the 78th Locarno Film Festival, including the 'Special Jury Prize - Cine+' and the Cinematografo Award for 'Best Debut Film'.
The week will also screen Francesco Sossai’s Le città di pianura (The Last One on the Road), which premiered at Cannes in the 'Un Certain Regard' section and became a standout of Italian independent cinema.
The trailer of 'Le città di pianura'
Diamanti by Ferzan Ozpetek is a love letter to women and the art of costume design in 1970s Rome. Starring Luisa Ranieri, Jasmine Trinca and Vanessa Scalera, the film was a commercial hit and won the Audience Award at the 2025 David di Donatello Awards.
In 'Diamanti', director Ferzan Ozpetek takes viewers into a costume workshop in 1970s Rome, where joy, creativity and close friendship among women come together.
The organizers of Italian Film Week in Vietnam said the six films selected this year continue the event’s tradition of using cinema to promote cultural exchange and connection.
The films come from directors with vastly different backgrounds, from young and established filmmakers to artists from theater, opera and acting.
“Emerging from different artistic fields, this year’s films offer diverse perspectives on Italian society and its people, shaped by postmodern concerns,” the organizers said.
All six films will be screened for free during the film week.
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