Recent Italian breakouts

C'è ancora domani (Paola Cortellesi), Io capitano (Garrone), La chimera (Rohrwacher), Parthenope (Sorrentino), and the younger wave: Pietro Marcello (Martin Eden), Jonas Carpignano, Susanna Nicchiarelli (Nico 1988, Chiara), the D'Innocenzo brothers (Favolacce).

Why it matters for Matias

Contemporary Italian cinema is having a moment; these are the films your Italian friends will be talking about.