Bitter comedy that touches a fundamental issue such as healthtonight on first TV it airs at 9.30pm on Rai 1 What will be. Interpreted by Kim Rossi Stuartthe film is written and directed by Francesco Bruni which he chose to bring to the big screen a (partly) autobiographical story.
What will bethe plot of the film on Rai 1
Bruno Salvati (Kim Rossi Stuart) is a Roman director of unsuccessful comedies, recently separated from his wife Anna (Lorenza Indovina), with whom he however remains on good terms. Also thanks to them two sons: Adele (Fotinì Peluso), a determined and responsible twenty-year-old, and Tito (Tancredi Galli), a slightly more problematic teenager.
After a small physical accident, Bruno he undergoes tests and discovers that he has a serious form of leukemia. His father Umberto (Giuseppe Pambieri) – given that Bruno’s children are not suitable for a marrow transplant – then decides to reveal to him the existence of his half-sister Fiorella (Barbara Ronchi). In the hope of finding a compatible donor who would save her son’s life.
Bruno thus sets off on a journey with his father and children in search of Fiorella and the four, after a thousand vicissitudes, finally manage to find her in Livorno. Initially shocked and reticent to have her marrow removed, Fiorella subsequently agrees to the donation. Also because, in the meantime, A real bond is being created with Bruno between brother and sister.
A bitter comedy that alternates tears and laughter
Fourth film directed by screenwriter Francesco Bruni – the television “dad” of Inspector Montalbano e author of many Virzì films –, What will be it certainly is the most successful and moving film by the Roman director. Bruni indeed takes inspiration from an autobiographical story: the illness which had struck him a few years earlier and which, fortunately, is managed to defeat.
Transferring onto the his cinematic alter ego Kim Rossi Stuart not only the central theme of health, but also a series of personal reflections on the world of cinema, Bruni succeeds in the difficult task of prevent autobiographical elements from suffocating the story. Choosing the tones of bitter comedy where, inevitably, they emerge purely dramatic moments but also other more light-hearted ones.
Very well written, and it couldn’t be otherwise, What will be and also a film featuring great actors, primarily Kim Rossi Stuart (also co-screenwriter) who puts himself on the line as only great performers can do. But the surrounding cast is certainly no exceptionfrom the awkward stepsister played by Barbara Ronchi to very good Fotinì Pelusoin the role of the protagonist’s daughter, who gives a sunny and sensitive performance.
Kim Rossi Stuart in a scene from “What Will Be”. (Vision Distribution)
The revelation of the cast: Fotinì Peluso
Discovered when she was just over 18 by Francesca Archibugi – who wants her in fiction Family novel – Fotinì was born in Rome to an Italian father and a Greek mother. Freshly graduated in Economics from the University of Roma Tredebuts at the cinema in 2020 with the film The kingdom with Stefano Fresi. Famous for the series The Swan Company (and that Netflix Everything asks for salvation). Last year Fotinì won a David di Donatello as a revelation actress.
On his role in What will bethe actress, just a I Womanthis is how his character described it «Adele is the pillar of the family, she has a practical attitude, she solves problems. His father Bruno, on the other hand, lives in the clouds, he’s a big boy. She is his shoulder, even too much; she is only twenty years old, with some fragilities that no one cares about. He is a character that I like a lotso mature, so responsible.”
Resident in Paris for three yearsthe actress is recently appeared in the film Ten minutes by Maria Sole Tognazzi and soon will return to occupy the screens with two transalpine productions. The film The child who measured the worldbased on the best-seller by Metin Arditi, and the miniseries The unruly.
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