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The Hand of God ()

È stata la mano di Dio (original title)
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In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.

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Cast

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Fabietto Schisa
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Saverio Schisa
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Maria Schisa
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Marchino Schisa
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Patrizia
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Alfredo
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Franco
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Baronessa Focale (as Betti Pedrazzi)
Enzo Decaro ...
San Gennaro
Sofya Gershevich ...
Yulia
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Marriettiello
Biagio Manna ...
Armando
Ciro Capano ...
Antonio Capuano
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Silvana
Franco Pinelli ...
Albertino
Mimma Lovoi ...
Nenella
Roberto De Francesco ...
Geppino
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Annarella
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Signora Gentile
Viviana Cangiano ...
Luisella
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Aldo Cavallo
Antonella Morea ...
Austera
Rossella Di Lucca ...
Daniela Schisa
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Sorella Armando
Paolo Spezzaferri ...
Father Anziano
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Maurizio
Birte Berg ...
Graziella Pichler
Giulio Ricciarelli ...
Graziela's Husband
Giovanni Sanseverino ...
Chiuaua
Antonio Speranza ...
Carabiniere
Adriano Saleri ...
Assistente Fellini
Marina Viro ...
Dottoressa
Mariana Falace ...
Eugenia Savastano
Fiorenza D'Antonio ...
Gigliola
Alessandro Moser ...
Giovane Medico
Gerardo Daniele Pianese ...
Nerd
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American Man
Roberto Urbani ...
Capotreno
Gennaro De Stefano ...
Capuano's Assistant
Pietro Bontempo ...
Doctor
Catello Buonocore ...
Nipote
Raffaele Russo ...
Riccardino
Madeleine Majdal ...
Arab Sheikh's Girl
Luigi Fiorentino ...
First Workman
Claudio Lardo ...
Second Workman
Cristiano Di Maio ...
Third Workman (Bear)
Terenzio Del Gaudio ...
Luigino Serra
Ariele Vincenti ...
Fellini's Assistant
Luigi Cappabianca ...
Attore Anziano Annoiato
Cherish Gaines ...
American Woman
Franz-Josef Gluderer ...
Pichler's Son (as Josef Franz Gluderer)
Kevin Huber ...
Pichler's Son
Antonio Cinque ...
Geppino's Son
Nicoló Ambrosio ...
Geppino's Son
Tommaso Servillo ...
Antonio
Daniele Vicorito ...
Maradona
Peppe Miale ...
Theater Director
Laura Borrelli ...
Hula Hoop Girl
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Julia (voice)
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Dante Ferretti (uncredited)

Directed by

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Paolo Sorrentino

Written by

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Paolo Sorrentino ... (written by)

Produced by

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Mattia Cantore D'Amore ... production secretary
Gennaro Formisano ... executive producer
Lorenzo Mieli ... producer
Riccardo Neri ... executive producer
Paolo Maria Pedullà ... associate producer
Elena Recchia ... executive producer
Paolo Sorrentino ... producer

Music by

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Lele Marchitelli

Cinematography by

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Daria D'Antonio

Editing by

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Cristiano Travaglioli

Editorial Department

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Angela Anzelmo ... second assistant editor
Rosario Balistreri ... digital imaging supervisor
Emanuela Epifano ... post producer assistant
Federica Forcesi ... first assistant editor
Andrea Orsini ... colorist
Andrea Pallini ... data manager
Barbara Ruggeri ... post production coordinator

Casting By

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Massimo Appolloni
Annamaria Sambucco

Production Design by

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Carmine Guarino

Art Direction by

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Saverio Sammali

Set Decoration by

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Iole Autero

Costume Design by

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Mariano Tufano

Makeup Department

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Federico Carretti ... key makeup artist
Tony Esposito ... hair stylist
Rosa Falco ... additional makeup artist
Vincenzo Mastrantonio ... makeup designer
Peter Nicastro ... hair stylist
Marco Perna ... hair designer
Maria Sansone ... hair stylist
Ilaria Soricelli ... additional makeup artist

Production Management

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Mattia Cantore D'Amore ... assistant production manager
Franco Casellato ... post-production supervisor
Ferdinando Cocco ... unit manager
Giuseppe Di Gangi ... production manager
Alex Marano ... unit manager
Valeria Marcon ... assistant post production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jacopo Bonvicini ... first assistant director
Francesco Coppola ... third assistant director
Edoardo Francesco Marini ... second assistant director
Ardalan Nabavinejad ... second second assistant director
Mario Ricci ... assistant director

Art Department

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Danilo D'Alessio ... painter: art department
Davide Imparato ... assistant property master
Alessandro Marangolo ... assistant
Denise Montagnaro ... Art department Coordinator
Amedeo Palazzi ... Architect
Giuliana Pavesi ... assistant art director
Valerio Romano ... first assistant production designer
Vallante Valerio ... intern

Sound Department

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Emanuele Cecere ... sound mixer
Matteo Eusepi ... dialogue editor
Mauro Eusepi ... foley artist
Gabriele Fasano ... field recordist
Stella Benda Lodi ... producer (as Stella BendaLodi)
Michele Mazzucco ... re-recording mixer
Silvia Moraes ... supervising sound editor / supervisor sound editor
Mirko Perri ... sound effects editor
Mattia Persico ... sound effects editor
Alessandro Quaglio ... dialogue editor
Francesco Sabez ... boom operator
Michele Saldarella ... foley editor
Dahlia Salem ... Dubbing: Luisella
Paolo Testa ... boom operator

Special Effects by

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Pasquale Catalano ... special effects supervisor
Paolo Galiano ... armourer
Fabio Traversari ... action vehicle coordinator

Visual Effects by

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Daniele Brandini ... digital compositor
David Catalano ... digital compositor
Andrea Cigognetti ... cg artist
Matteo Cricenti ... lead cg generalist
Luigi Dal Bò ... prep artist/junior compositor
Lena Di Gennaro ... visual effects coordinator
Paolo Di Gioia ... digital compositor
Alessandro Di Leva ... digital compositor
Mattia Donelli ... CG Generalist
Federica Franceschi ... digital compositor
Andrea Geremia ... digital compositor: Chromatica
Rodolfo Migliari ... visual effects supervisor
Francesco Niolu ... digital compositor
Alessio Oliverio ... digital compositor
Sara Paesani ... digital compositor
Elisa Petrelli ... animator
Roberto Saba ... compositing supervisor
Luca Scintu ... digital compositor
Alessio Seminerio ... Fx artist
Daniele Starnoni ... compositing supervisor
Emma Vasile ... visual effects artist
Francesco Zecchinelli ... cg supervisor

Stunts

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Robert Abraham ... stunt rigger
Massimiliano Bianchi ... action camera-car driver
Gianni Biasetti Sr. ... stunts
Gianpaolo Crescenzio ... stunts
Jirí Eliásek ... stunt rigger
Darix Folco ... stunt driver / stunts
Dimo Lipitkovsky ... stunt rigger
Lubomir Misak ... stunt coordinator
Giorgio Savino ... stunt rigger
Alessandro Simula ... stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department

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Alessandro Biagioli ... grip
Cristiano Biagioli ... key grip
Alessandro Brambilla ... camera and steadicam operator
Francesco Buonocore ... electrician
Paolo Cafiero ... first assistant camera
Simone Cinque ... grip
Cristian D'Alessio ... "C" camera
Elena de Santis ... second assistant camera
Daniele Di Russo ... best boy
Riccardo Filippini ... camera and ronin operator
Tonia Forte ... Second Assistant "A" Camera
Alessio Galasso ... b 1st assistant camera
Salvatore Landi ... additional camera operator
Massimo Marvulli ... assistant camera / first assistant camera
Marco Palmieri ... digital imaging technician
Marco Pasquini ... underwater camera operator
Fabio Policastro ... gaffer
Marco Pugnali ... video assist
Daniel Rizzoni ... electrician
Maria Pia Ruggiero ... intern
Alberto Viavattene ... additional camera operator

Casting Department

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Vanja Borozan ... extras casting assistant
Dario De Natale ... casting assistant
Giuseppe Maria Martino ... extras casting assistant
Dorit Simone ... english version, casting director
Alessandra Troisi ... extras casting
Roberto Urbani ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Alessandra Carta ... key set crowd costumer
Giorgia Chiavelli ... costume assistant: additional
Giada Lombino ... 2nd assistant costume designer
Francesco Luperini ... assistant costume designer
Andrea Mancuso ... intern: costumes (creditOnly)
Edoardo Russo ... set costumer
Carmine Tulipano ... set costumer
Neva Viale ... costume coordinator

Location Management

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Francesca Fariello ... location scout
Michela Giovinetti ... location manager
Sabina Tornatore ... location manager

Script and Continuity Department

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Samantha Natalucci ... script supervisor
Barbara Greco ... development coordinator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Greta Acerbi ... production secretary
Massimo Aversano ... head of production accounting: cost controller
Camilla Benvenuti ... production coordinator
Lorenzo Borzi ... production assistant
Federica Ceraolo ... unit publicist
Maria Circelli ... extra's payroll
Luigi Dabbicco ... production assistant
Camilla Di Nicola ... assistant production coordinator
Diletta Drago ... Government Grant Compliance Assistant
Vincenzo Filippo ... clearance coordinator
Sara Furio ... Studio Executive
Matilde Giannì ... assistant accountant
Chiara Imbriale ... Supervisor Development
Virginia Jewiss ... translation: English
Emily Zuleika Mahon ... creative assistant: Netflix
Daniela Merlo ... dialogue coach prep
Mauro Monachini ... financial controller
Dario Morelli ... chief operating officer
Aylam Orian ... additional voices
Serbay Oznalci ... Turkish subtitles
Laura Paluzzi ... assistant accountant
Alessio Pelicella ... adr supervisor
Ryan Rickard ... Voiceover (english version: Marchino Schisa)
Giovanna Rucci ... Graphic designer
Benedetta Staglianò ... production secretary
Gian Marco Tofanelli ... development
Marcos Vacalebre ... production assistant
Alberto Viavattene ... director: behind the scenes
Marco Vinciguerra ... Legal Counsel

Thanks

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Massimiliano Attolini ... the director thanks
Peppe Attolini ... the director thanks
Vincenzo Capuano ... the director thanks
Roberto Turtur Minutillo ... the director thanks

Production Companies

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Distributors

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  • Angel Films (2021) (Denmark) (theatrical)
  • Lucky Red (2021) (Italy) (theatrical)
  • O2 Play (2021) (Brazil) (theatrical) (as O2 Play)
  • Odeon (2021) (Greece) (theatrical)
  • Pimienta Films (2021) (Mexico) (theatrical)
  • TriPictures (2021) (Spain) (theatrical)
  • Netflix (2021) (Australia) (video) (VoD)
  • Netflix (2021) (Austria) (video) (VoD)
  • Netflix (2021) (Brazil) (video) (VOD)
  • Netflix (2021) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
  • Netflix (2021) (Liechtenstein) (video) (VoD)
  • Netflix (2021) (Luxembourg) (video) (VoD)
  • Netflix (2021) (Netherlands) (video) (VoD)
  • Netflix (2021) (Switzerland) (video) (VoD)
  • Netflix (2021) (United Kingdom) (video) (VoD)
  • Netflix (2021) (United States) (video) (VOD) (subtitled)
  • Netflix (2021) (World-wide) (streaming)
  • Netflix (2021) (World-wide) (video) (VOD)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

From Academy Award-winning writer and director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo, The Great Beauty, The Young Pope), comes the story of a boy, Fabietto Schisa, in the tumultuous Naples of the 1980s. The Hand of God is a story full of unexpected joys, such as the arrival of football legend Diego Maradona, and an equally unexpected tragedy. Fate plays its part, joy and tragedy intertwine, and Fabietto's future is set in motion. Sorrentino returns to his hometown to tell his most personal story, a tale of fate and family, sports and cinema, love and loss. Written by Netflix

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Also Known As
  • The Hand of God (United States)
  • Fue la mano de Dios (United States, Spanish title)
  • The Hand of God (South Africa, English title)
  • The Hand of God (Indonesia, English title)
  • The Hand of God (World-wide, English title)
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Runtime
  • 130 min
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Budget EUR13,049,974 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia According to Paolo Sorrentino, it was Alfonso Cuarón's Roma (2018), which was based on Cuaron's childhood in Mexico City, that gave Sorrentino permission to commit his own experience to film. For Sorrentino realized that "a personal, private film could tell a universal story." See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Movie is like a Vaccine, "The Suicide Squad" at the Box Office, "The Beatles" and Peter Jackson (2021). See more »
Soundtracks Napule è See more »
Quotes Antonio Capuano: Remember, those without courage don't sleep with beautiful women.
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