There's Still Tomorrow (2023) poster
2023 · drama · comedy

There's Still Tomorrow

Directed by Paola Cortellesi1h 58m2023
ElsewhereIMDb7.718kRT89%Metacritic59TMDB8.12k
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Sombre, steady, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.

Our read · There's Still Tomorrow (2023) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want postwar Rome feminism delivered as witty black-and-white crowd-pleaser.

ends upliftingyou’ll feel glowing aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 6attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if domestic-abuse scenes or period Italian subtitles feel too heavy tonight.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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