Overview
A haunting return to the past reveals the shadows of memory and regret.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- melancholic
- brooding
- tense
- arthouse film night
- italian cinema marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's performances, direction, cinematography, and absorbing blend of gangster drama with character study, while some found its treatment of nostalgia overemphasized.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Felice's return to Naples forces him to reassess his attachment to childhood memories and his former friend.
The story follows Felice's attempt to reconnect with Oreste while confronting Oreste's status as a criminal kingpin.
Felice rediscovers Naples through its neighborhoods, codes, criminal underworld, and unfamiliar streets.
The cinematography emphasizes Naples's charged streets and confined domestic spaces alongside Felice's unsettled return.
Films like Nostalgia, and why
The Traitor
shares an intimate crime drama framework, morally conflicted protagonist, and exploration of a city's criminal underworld
Gomorrah
combines a returning outsider's confrontation with criminal networks, melancholic memory, and grounded social drama
The Consequences of Love
offers a layered character study of damaged masculinity, buried history, and criminal violence in an Italian setting
Movie Details
- Director
- Mario Martone
- Release Date
- 2022-05-25
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (301)
Cast
- Pierfrancesco Favino
- Francesco Di Leva
- Tommaso Ragno
- Aurora Quattrocchi
- Sofia Essaïdi
- Nello Mascia
- Artem Tkachuk
- Salvatore Striano
- Virginia Apicella
- Daniela Ioia
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Nostalgia about?
- A haunted return to Naples draws an expatriate back into the orbit of his impoverished mother, a priest, and a childhood friend transformed into a criminal kingpin.
- What is Nostalgia like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Nostalgia as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Nostalgia violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Nostalgia as moderate.
- What did critics think of Nostalgia?
- Critics broadly praised the film's performances, direction, cinematography, and absorbing blend of gangster drama with character study, while some found its treatment of nostalgia overemphasized.
- Which films are like Nostalgia?
- Films with a similar feel include The Traitor, Gomorrah, and The Consequences of Love.
- How long is Nostalgia?
- Nostalgia runs 117 minutes.
- Where can I watch Nostalgia?
- In United States, Nostalgia is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
