Stefania Sandrealli and Gianni Di Gregorio in the movie

The Sunday of the Rome Film Festival is tinged with joy with Astolfo, the film directed by Gianni Di Gregorio who is also the face of the protagonist. The story that fascinates, makes you dream and smile, in theaters October 20, 2022.

Astolfo is a retired teacher who no longer expects anything from life. He is evicted from his Roman apartment and decides to move to a small town in central Italy. It is a place known to him, if not familiar. Indeed, upon his arrival, he repairs in the old family home, a ruin that was once a noble palace. He leaves behind the life lived in the capital.

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Astolfo adapts to life in the provinces, manages, manages, argues with the mayor, finds an old friend, takes a couple of crazy people like him into the house. Not to mention the dislike for the priest, they both stare at each other. Then he meets Stefania, played by Sandrelli, a woman of his age. And it is here that the character embodied by director Gianni Di Gregorio shows himself and the world the tenderness of his years and the chivalry of a man who has always left a window open to love. Because you can love at any age.

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Gianni Di Gregorio and Stefania Sandrelli: synopsis of the film Astolfo

The septuagenarian Astolfo, alter ego (and not the first) of director Gianni Di Gregorio, returns to his country of origin and falls madly in love with a girl of the same age, played by the elegant Stefania Sandrelli. Both, in the film, tell him about the resistance that two adults have, who live their third age aware that one can still love but hesitant, and that it is not ridiculous to be enthusiastic about a love of their own. era. Because with Gianni Di Gregorio, from Mid-August Lunch to Far Away are films and lives that reinvent themselves even in old age. And Astolfo, so poetic and funny, deepens the meaning of love and talks about it explicitly.

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Rome Film Festival: Gianni Di Gregorio is Astolfo

The kindness and elegance of Gianni Di Gregorio are appreciated by all, and that is why at VelvetMAG we advise you not to miss the film – today at the Rome Film Festival – Astolfo, in cinemas from of October 20, 2022. It is the director himself who explains to the press: “I think that Astolfo is the most cheerful and carefree film that I have made. Certainly, the long isolation due to the pandemic and a health problem triggered an extraordinary and uncontrolled reaction, considering that I started talking about love at my age. But in fact love has no age, and leaving a window open to love, empathy and friendship is important for the quality of our lives. I found great actors with whom a deep relationship was born. And then the meeting with the wonderful Stefania! Every movie is tiring, but this time I must say we all had a great time”.