| Flowing | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Paolo Strippoli |
| Screenplay by | Paolo Strippoli Jacopo Del Giudice Gustavo Hernandez |
| Starring | Fabrizio Rongione Cristiana Dell'Anna |
| Cinematography | Cristiano Di Nicola |
| Edited by | Marco Spoletini |
| Music by | Raf Keunen |
| Distributed by | Fandango |
Release date |
|
| Countries | Italy 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.
 | This article needs a plot summary.(July 2025) |
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]
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]
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]
