Here, I had to do with subject matter that I’m very close to and very familiar with, so my posture was to just stand still and let the actors do their job.
POGGIOLI: Both humorous and mystical, “The Hand Of God” is based on Sorrentino’s adolescence in Naples, a city basking in the 1980s in the glory of Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona playing for the local team.
SORRENTINO: My family background is from a family that hardly had any contact with the artistic world, so there was no specific interest in literature or cinema or music.
It’s the coming-of-age story of Fabietto, Sorrentino’s alter ego; an awkward teenager growing up in a loving family.
Fabietto realizes Maradona has inadvertently saved his life, but anguished by loss, it’s a life he cannot deal with.
POGGIOLI: “Don’t look at me,” the woman tells Fabietto.
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