An Endless Sunday

An Endless Sunday (Italian: Una sterminata domenica) is a 2023 Italian-Irish-German drama film co-written and directed by Alain Parroni, at his feature film debut. It won the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival.

An Endless Sunday
Directed by	Alain Parroni
Written by	Alain Parroni Giulio Pennacchi Beatrice Puccilli
Produced by	Domenico Procacci Laura Paolucci Giorgio Gucci Fabrizio Moretti Wim Wenders
Starring	Enrico Bassetti Zackari Delmas Federica Valentini Lars Rudolph
Cinematography	Andrea Benjamin Manenti
Edited by	Riccardo Giannetti
Music by	Shirō Sagisu
Production companies	Fandango Alcor Rai Cinema Art Me Pictures Road Movies
Distributed by	Fandango
Release dates	1 September 2023 (2023-09-01) (Venice) 14 September 2023 (2023-09-14) (Italy)
Running time	110 minutes[1]
Countries	Italy Ireland Germany
Language	Italian

Plot

Cast

• Enrico Bassetti as Alex
• Zackari Delmas as Kevin
• Federica Valentini as Brenda
• Lars Rudolph as Domenico

Production

In 2016, Perroni conceived the main plot, the title and the characters' names of the film.^[2] In 2017, he started conducting interviews with a group of teenagers (including Federica Valentini, who was later cast as Brenda) about their personal experiences; he continued to interview the same group over the following years, and the material collected from their accounts was eventually incorporated into the film's script.^[3] The film was produced by Fandango, Alcor, Art Me Pictures and Road Movies Filmproduktion, in collaboration with Rai Cinema; Wim Wenders served as a co-producer.^[4]

Release

The film premiered in the Orizzonti section at the 80th Venice International Film Festival,^[4][5] in which it was awarded the Fipresci Award^[6] and the Special Jury Prize.^[7] It is also set to be screened at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival^[8] and at the 28th Busan International Film Festival.^[9] The film was released in Italy on 14 September 2023 by Fandango.^[10]