Madly (2025 film)

Madly
Directed by	Paolo Genovese
Screenplay by	Isabella Aguilar Lucia Calamaro Paolo Costella Flaminia Gressi
Produced by	Carlotta Galleni Raffaella Leone Andrea Leone
Starring	Edoardo Leo Pilar Fogliati
Cinematography	Fabrizio Lucci
Edited by	Consuelo Catucci
Music by	Maurizio Filardo
Distributed by	01 Distribution
Release date	20 February 2025 (2025-02-20)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Madly (Italian: Follemente, graphically rendered as FolleMente) is a 2025 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Genovese.

Cast

• Edoardo Leo as Piero
• Pilar Fogliati as Lara
• Emanuela Fanelli as Trilli
• Maria Chiara Giannetta as Scheggia
• Claudia Pandolfi as Alfa
• Vittoria Puccini as Giulietta
• Marco Giallini as Professore
• Maurizio Lastrico  [ it ] as Romeo
• Rocco Papaleo as Valium
• Claudio Santamaria as Eros

Production

The film was produced by Lotus Production and RAI Cinema, in collaboration with Disney+ and in association with Vice Pictures. ^[1] Principal photography started in Rome on 30 September 2024. ^[2] The cast presented the film in a segment of the 75th Sanremo Music Festival. ^{[3] [4]}

Release

The film was released in Italian cinemas by 01 Distribution on 20 February 2025. ^[4]

Reception

With €3,958,917 grossed during its first weekend, Madly marked the best grossing debut for an Italian film best since after the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. ^[5]

References

1. Scarpa, Vittoria (19 February 2025). "Review: Madly". Cineuropa . Retrieved 26 February 2025.
2. "'FolleMente', primo ciak a Roma per il nuovo film di Paolo Genovese con Edoardo Leo e Pilar Fogliati". la Repubblica (in Italian). 1 October 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
3. Galanto, Massimo (6 February 2025). "Sanremo 2025, il cast del film Follemente ospite nella seconda serata". RTL 102.5 (in Italian). Retrieved 26 February 2025.
4. Amitrano, Vania (12 February 2025). "FolleMente, parla il cast del film ospite a Sanremo 2025". Ciak (in Italian). Retrieved 26 February 2025.
5. Armocida, Pedro (24 February 2025). "'Follemente', con un fine settimana record da 4 milioni di euro, è il migliore esordio italiano da dopo la pandemia". Cinecittà News (in Italian). Retrieved 26 February 2025.

External links

• Madly at IMDb