Below the Clouds (Italian: Sotto le nuvole) is a 2025 Italian documentary film written and directed by Gianfranco Rosi. An homage to the city of Naples, it is Rosi's third documentary about everyday life in Italy, following 2013's Sacro GRA (about the outskirts of Rome) and 2016's Fire at Sea (about Lampedusa).[1]
A portrait of the city of Naples, the film presents fragments of the daily lives of the people who live and work in the city.
Production
The film was shot in and around Naples over three years.[1] It is Rosi's first black-and-white documentary feature in over thirty years, following Boatman (1993) about the Ganges river in India. Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg provided the musical score for the documentary, marking his first collaboration with Rosi.
Release
The Match Factory owns the international sales rights to the film.[2] A trailer was released on 22 July 2025.[3] The film premiered in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.[4][5] It will also be screened at the BFI London Film Festival.[6] It was theatrically released in Italy on 18 September 2025.[1]Mubi handles the distribution rights to the film in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, India, Australia and New Zealand, and will release it on Q1 2026, with a qualifying theatrical run in fall.[7]
Reception
Critical response
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film five stars out of five, calling it "utterly distinctive" and "a ghostly yet luminous cinematic mosaic".[8]
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