Movie Details
Title: Nonna’s (2025)
Genre: Family Drama / Slice of Life / Culinary Romance
Country: Italy / United States
Duration: 1h 47min
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Screenplay: Greta Gerwig
Music: Andrea Bocelli & Ludovico Einaudi
Starring: Sofia Lazzaro, Timothée Chalamet, Marisa Tomei, Simu Liu, Isabella Rossellini
Genre: Family Drama / Slice of Life / Culinary Romance
Country: Italy / United States
Duration: 1h 47min
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Screenplay: Greta Gerwig
Music: Andrea Bocelli & Ludovico Einaudi
Starring: Sofia Lazzaro, Timothée Chalamet, Marisa Tomei, Simu Liu, Isabella Rossellini
Set in a charming coastal village in Sicily, Nonna’s is a heartfelt story about family, tradition, and the unbreakable bonds forged through food and love. The film follows Rosa (Sofia Lazzaro), a young woman who returns to her grandmother’s (Marisa Tomei) home after years abroad to help save Nonna’s, a beloved family-run trattoria facing closure.
As Rosa reconnects with her roots, she rediscovers recipes, memories, and the quiet wisdom of Nonna Lucia, whose life lessons unfold between the rolling hills and sunlit kitchens. Alongside Matteo (Timothée Chalamet), a passionate local chef with dreams of modernizing the village’s culinary scene, Rosa must navigate old family rivalries, lost love, and the pressure of preserving tradition in a rapidly changing world.
With warm, evocative scenes of food preparation and communal meals, Nonna’s celebrates the magic of simple ingredients and the stories they carry, all underscored by a lush score blending classic Italian melodies and contemporary harmonies.
Key Themes & Visual Style:
- Heritage and Renewal: Balancing respect for tradition with the need to evolve.
- Family and Forgiveness: Exploring generational conflicts and healing through shared experiences.
- The Language of Food: How cooking connects memory, identity, and love.
- Community and Belonging: The power of collective roots in times of uncertainty.
- Sun-drenched cinematography highlighting vibrant colors of Sicily’s landscapes and markets.
- Intimate, naturalistic close-ups on food and hands, emphasizing tactile storytelling.
- A warm, nostalgic palette with golden-hour lighting to evoke timelessness.
- Music that fuses Andrea Bocelli’s operatic voice with Ludovico Einaudi’s contemplative piano compositions.
Nonna’s is a tender, sensory-rich film that invites audiences to savor life’s bittersweet moments—and reminds us that home is often found in the heart of family and a well-loved kitchen.
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