Oscars Race: Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Hand of God’ to Represent Italy

Paolo Sorrentino’s autobiographical drama “The Hand of God” has been selected by Italy as its contender for best international feature film at the upcoming Academy Awards. Sorrentino’s story of a goofy kid named Fabietto who starts harboring a passion for filmmaking in the tumultuous Naples of the late 1980s, launched from the Venice Film Festival where it was a two-time winner, taking the runner-up grand jury prize as well as the Marcello Mastroianni Award for best young actor for 21-year-old lead Filippo Scotti, who plays Fabietto. Pic is produced by Fremantle’s Italian outfit The Apartment for Netflix, which will release… Read Full Article