U.S. Palmese (film) explained

U.S. Palmese
Director:Manetti Bros.
Cinematography:Angelo Sorrentino
Editing:Federico Maria Maneschi
Music:Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi
Distributor:01 Distribution
Runtime:122 minutes
Country:Italy
Language:Italian

U.S. Palmese is a 2024 Italian sports comedy film directed by the Manetti Bros. It stars Rocco Papaleo, Blaise Afonso, Giulia Maenza, and Claudia Gerini. It premiered at the 19th Rome Film Festival on 17 October 2024 and will receive a theatrical release in Italy on 20 March 2025.

Premise

A Calabrian farmer from Palmi organizes a fundraiser to purchase an ex-AC Milan star footballer for his local team, US Palmese 1912.

Cast

Production

Development

The film is set in Palmi, Calabria, the hometown of the Manetti Bros.' mother and where the duo spent their childhood summers.[1] The idea for the film came from a childhood memory of the Manetti Bros.: at an amateur football match, a man joked that if everyone in town pooled their money, they could raise enough funds to buy Diego Maradona for the local team. Marco Manetti stated, "This was a formative memory for us, this crazy old man wanting to collect enough money to buy the best player in the world."[2]

Further, the directors wanted to tell a story set in Southern Italy "away from the Gomorrahs".[3] They stated, "The South is always told with a negative rhetoric: crime, negative constraint and even folklore. But we want to tell something else, because sometimes the South self-destructs with a self-destructive story."[4]

Filming

As the Manetti Bros. wanted their actors to speak the Palmese dialect, the cast studied the dialect in Palmi in the weeks before filming.[5] Principal photography began on 22 May 2023. Filming took place over eight weeks in Palmi, as well as Paris and Milan.[6] Filming was completed on 11 July 2023.[7]

Release

The film premiered at the 19th Rome Film Festival on 17 October 2024.[8] [9] It will be released by 01 Distribution in Italy on 20 March 2025.[10] [11]

Reception

Valeria Maiolino of Mymovies.it gave the film three out of five stars, writing, "It is not a film of the head, but above all of the heart. For this reason it is contagious with its cheerfulness and positivity."[12]

Valerio Sammarco of Cinematografo gave the film three out of five stars, writing that "the spirit that has always animated [the Manetti Bros.'] various works does not fail, the ambition to make oneself loved by chasing apparently impossible stories, like this one of Etienne (a curious mix between Balotelli and Leão...) and of Palmi.[13]

Damiano Panattoni of Movieplayer.it gave the film three out of five stars and called it "[a] lighthearted work, at times distracted, which, if it doesn't work on the humorous level, instead gains on the football factor, explaining the reasons why sports cinema always works very well."[14]

Valeria Maiolino of Cinefilos gave the film three out of five stars, writing, "The Manetti Bros., with genuine writing, demonstrate that they know how to touch the right narrative chords to excite and make even those who understand little or nothing about football feel actively involved."[15]

Federico Gironi of ComingSoon.it gave the film two-and-a-half out of five stars, calling it "a feel-good movie that is a bit confused and not very original", drawing parallels with Taika Waititi's Next Goal Wins.[16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sollazzo . Boris . U.S. Palmese: visita sul set del nuovo film dei Manetti Bros . . 22 September 2024 . it . 6 August 2023 . 24 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240524135027/https://www.hollywoodreporter.it/film/film-italiani/manetti-bros-us-palmese-visita-sul-set/36637/ . live .
  2. Web site: Ross . Rafa Sales . Manetti Bros. Discuss Upcoming Projects Under Mompracem Banner, Including Collaboration With 'Orlando' Director Daniele Vicari (EXCLUSIVE) . . 22 September 2024 . 3 February 2024 . 22 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240922073318/https://variety.com/2024/film/global/manetti-bros-mompracem-daniele-vicari-1235895799/ . live .
  3. Web site: Paternò . Cristiana . Manetti bros e il sogno del calcio in U.S. Palmese . Cinecittà News . 18 October 2024 . it . 17 October 2024.
  4. Web site: Colosimo . Valentina . Rocco Papaleo: "Il Sud ha bisogno di sognare in grande" . . 18 October 2024 . it . 17 October 2024.
  5. Web site: Vascotto . Federico . U.S. Palmese, i Manetti Bros: "La purezza dello sport per mostrare l'altro lato del Sud Italia" . Movieplayer.it . 18 October 2024 . it . 18 October 2024.
  6. Web site: Sollazzo . Boris . Manetti Bros: parte il set di U.S. Palmese con Rocco Papaleo . . 22 September 2024 . it . 19 May 2023 . 7 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231207222811/https://www.hollywoodreporter.it/film/film-italiani/manetti-bros-iniziano-le-riprese-della-favola-calcistica-u-s-palmese-con-rocco-papaleo-esclusiva/13717/ . live .
  7. Web site: Altomonte . Francesco . Terminate le riprese del film "US Palmese", la soddisfazione dei registi Manetti Bros e dell'attore Rocco Papaleo . . 22 September 2024 . it . 12 July 2023 . 22 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240922073422/https://reggio.gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/cinema/2023/07/12/terminate-le-riprese-del-film-us-palmese-la-soddisfazione-dei-registi-manetti-bros-e-dellattore-rocco-papaleo-264fb5aa-9210-4832-a4ce-cf7538389d83/ . live .
  8. Web site: Ugolini . Chiara . Festa di Roma, il cinema si prende la città. Apertura sotto il segno di Berlinguer, per Johnny Depp e Viggo Mortensen premi alla carriera . . 22 September 2024 . it . 20 September 2024 . 21 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240921123218/https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2024/09/20/news/festa_di_roma_2024_programma_film-423511407/ . live .
  9. Web site: Gallo . Francesco . Italiani, star, biopic e l’evento Megalopolis alla Festa di Roma . . 22 September 2024 . it . 21 September 2024 . 22 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240922073321/https://www.ilcentro.it/cultura-e-spettacoli/italiani-star-biopic-e-l-evento-megalopolis-alla-festa-di-roma-1.3325658 . live .
  10. Web site: Barraclough . Leo . 'Diabolik' Franchise Directors, the Manetti Brothers, on Why We Side With the Master Criminal: 'He Pushes You to Be Free' (EXCLUSIVE) . . 22 September 2024 . 1 November 2023 . 22 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240922073342/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/diabolik-manetti-brothers-afm-1235775742/ . live .
  11. Web site: Finos . Arianna . Manetti Bros.alla Festa di Roma con 'U.S. Palmese': "La nostra favola calcistica in un Sud inusuale, sognando che il campionato schiacciato dal business torni ad essere sport" . . 18 October 2024 . it . 18 October 2024.
  12. Web site: Emiliani . Simone . U.S. Palmese . . 18 October 2024 . it . 17 October 2024.
  13. Web site: Sammarco . Valerio . U.S. Palmese . Cinematografo.it . 18 October 2024 . it . 17 October 2024.
  14. Web site: Panattoni . Damiano . U.S. Palmese, recensione: il calcio secondo i Manetti Bros in un film spassionatamente home-made . Movieplayer.it . 18 October 2024 . it . 17 October 2024.
  15. Web site: Maiolino . Valeria . U.S. Palmese: recensione del film dei Manetti Bros. - #RoFF19 . Cinefilos . 18 October 2024 . it . 17 October 2024.
  16. Web site: Gironi . Federico . U.S. Palmese Recensione . ComingSoon.it . 18 October 2024 . it . 18 October 2024.

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