{"id":8423,"date":"2026-04-13T15:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/?p=8423"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:06:00","slug":"when-first-dates-get-crowded-follemente-madly-by-italian-director-paolo-genevose-at-euff-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2026\/04\/when-first-dates-get-crowded-follemente-madly-by-italian-director-paolo-genevose-at-euff-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"When First Dates Get Crowded: FolleMente (Madly)  by Italian Film Director Paolo Genevose at EUFF 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Our mind is a very crowded place; we are all inhabited by multiple personalities that must coexist. Rational, romantic, instinctive, sometimes even crazy. But who is really in control?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of Italy\u2019s highest grossing films of 2025, <em>FolleMente<\/em> focuses on the conflicting emotions a man and a woman experience on their first date. Italian director and screenwriter Paolo Genovese (<em>Perfect Strangers<\/em>) takes us inside the chaotic, hilarious universe of Piero (Edoardo Leo), a divorced teacher, and Lara (Pilar Fogliati), a furniture restorer. As they get to know each other, their inner thoughts, doubts, and impulses take on a life all their own. Eight other characters embody emotions and inner conflicts, playfully shaping the couple\u2019s thought worlds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an A-list star cast and fresh cinematography, the film is a witty and <strong>insightful exploration of the chaos, fears and passions <\/strong>that make first encounters so intense.<\/p>\n<p><em>FolleMente<\/em> is a sparkling take on love, communication and the complex ways of the human heart.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: <strong>M18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Genre: <strong>Romance\/Comedy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Paolo Genovese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starring <strong>Edoardo Leo &amp; Pilar Fogliati<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>In Italian with English subtitles <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Presented by the Embassy of Italy in Singapore as part of European Film Festival 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Video trailer:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1096324767\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1096324767<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sunday, 26 April, 5.00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bugis Golden Miles,\u00a06001 Beach Rd,\u00a0#05-00\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>GOLDEN MILE TOWER,\u00a0Singapore 199589<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/filmhouse.sg\/film\/58\/follemente-somebody-to-love\/\"><strong>Buy tickets here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our mind is a very crowded place; we are all inhabited by multiple personalities that must coexist. Rational, romantic, instinctive, sometimes even crazy. But who is really in control? One of Italy\u2019s highest grossing films of 2025, FolleMente focuses on the conflicting emotions a man and a woman experience on their first date. Italian director [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-8423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomazia-culturale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8428,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423\/revisions\/8428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}