Flowing (2022 film)

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Flowing
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Directed byPaolo Strippoli
Screenplay byPaolo Strippoli
Jacopo Del Giudice
Gustavo Hernandez
Starring Fabrizio Rongione
Cristiana Dell'Anna
CinematographyCristiano Di Nicola
Edited by Marco Spoletini
Music byRaf Keunen
Distributed by Fandango
Release date
  • 2022 (2022)
CountriesItaly
Belgium

Flowing (Italian : Piove) is a 2022 Italian-Belgian horror drama film co-written and directed by Paolo Strippoli, starring Fabrizio Rongione and Cristiana Dell'Anna.

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Plot

Cast

Production

The screenplay of the film won the Solinas Prize in 2017. [1] Principal photography started in Rome in February 2021. [2] The film was produced by Propaganda Italia, in association with Polifemo and GapBusters. [3]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Fantastic Fest, [4] and was later screened in numerous festivals including Rome Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, and Trieste Science+Fiction Festival. [3] It was released in Italian cinemas on 10 November 2022. [3]

Reception

La Repubblica's film critic Alberto Crespi praised the film, describing Flowing as 'a horror film with a mournful and melodramatic heart' that proved the genre being still alive, even in ltaly. [5] Camillo De Marco from Cineuropa described the film as an 'emotional horror film' inclinating 'towards a hybridisation of films observing society and genre films'. [3] Douglas Davidson from Elements of Madness wrote: 'Though Flowing is very on-the-nose with its messaging, it’s no less impactful due to its creativity'. [6] Sara D’Ascenzo from Corriere del Veneto was more critical of the film, noting it 'seem more like a rough draft, a film school graduation essay, than an accomplished artistic act'. [7]

References

  1. Redazione (12 December 2022). "Ispirazioni, censura e il bisogno di film sinceri: Jacopo Del Giudice e Paolo Strippoli raccontano Piove". DassCinemag (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  2. "A Roma primo ciak per "Piove" di Paolo Strippoli". RB Casting (in Italian). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 De Marco, Camillo (7 November 2022). "Review: Flowing". Cineuropa . Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  4. Whittaker, Richard (16 August 2022). "Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  5. Crespi, Alberto (10 November 2022). "Se il male si propaga con la pioggia". La Repubblica . p. 43.
  6. Davidson, Douglas (27 October 2022). "Paolo Strippoli's "Flowing (Piove)" explores what resentment can do if left unchecked. [Brooklyn Horror Film Festival]". Elements of Madness. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  7. D’Ascenzo, Sara (11 November 2022). "Cinema, le recensioni dei film nelle sale: «Boiling point» e gli altri". Corriere del Veneto (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2025.