Director: Michela Andreozzi
Thirty-something Maddalena's career has stalled and her love life is a parade of bad dates, so when an imaginary confidante shows up wearing the face of a real-life adult-film star, she figures things can only get stranger from here.
What is Still Fabulous about?
Still Fabulous follows Maddalena, an Italian woman whose everyday routine has curdled into a rut of awkward Tinder dinners and a job going nowhere. Her breaking point arrives in an unlikely form: a vision of performer Valentina Nappi, who installs herself as an unfiltered life coach on matters of confidence, intimacy, and self-worth. What plays out is a comedy of embarrassment and small courage, as Maddalena is pushed to say the things she normally swallows and to stop treating her own happiness as a low priority. Raoul Bova and Alessandro Tiberi round out a supporting cast of exes, almost-boyfriends, and well-meaning friends who each reflect a different version of the life Maddalena is afraid to want. Rome provides the backdrop, but the film keeps its focus tight on one woman's slow, funny reckoning with herself.
Cast & crew
Diana Del Bufalo carries the lead role with a mix of exasperation and warmth, while Valentina Nappi plays an exaggerated version of her public persona rather than a conventional character. Raoul Bova, Alessandro Tiberi, and Angela Finocchiaro fill out the ensemble around her.
Context & significance
Director Michela Andreozzi works in the mode of Italian romantic comedy that pairs broad humor with a frank, occasionally raunchy streak, using an outrageous premise to talk about ordinary anxieties around dating, aging, and self-image.
Where & how to watch
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