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Cinema Excelsior
Free admission while seats are available.
10:45 PM – The God of Love by Francesco Lagi (117 min) – Introduction by actor Corrado Fortuna.
SYNOPSIS
The God of Love, directed by Francesco Lagi, is a bittersweet comedy that explores the complexities of modern relationships with wit, tenderness, and irony. An ensemble story, it follows the intertwined romantic lives of men and women as they fall in love, hurt one another, drift apart, and find each other again.
Each encounter becomes both a turning point and a new beginning, each relationship a thread woven into a larger tapestry governed by an elusive force: the God of Love.
Guiding us through this journey into the heart of human emotion is an extraordinary narrator: Ovid (Francesco Colella), the quintessential poet of love, master of seduction, and timeless interpreter of the human heart. Emerging from Imperial Rome to step into our disillusioned, hyper-connected world, Ovid observes and recounts these stories with sharp wit and quiet wisdom, uncovering the hidden truths that lie beneath everyday gestures and emotional façades.
Yet the true puppet master behind every romance is the God of Love himself. Mercurial and unpredictable, at times playful and benevolent, at others ruthless and unforgiving, he orchestrates every meeting and every farewell, blending passion with disappointment, desire with uncertainty, tenderness with heartbreak.
The result is a journey into the depths of the human soul, where love reveals itself in all its contradictions—messy, powerful, and profoundly imperfect. A celebration of the vulnerability that makes us human, the confusion that keeps us searching, and the enduring hope that, despite everything, we continue to seek beauty and connection in one another.
