Our Cinema Italiano: A Better Way to Stay Home is back with “Magari” (If Only), an heartwarming portrait of childhood and family, which opened the Locarno Film Festival in 2019. Expected tension and unexpected fun arise when three kids of divorced parents visit their unreliable father. The feature debut of filmmaker Ginevra Elkann, based on her own childhood experiences, “Magari” is a sentimental comedy starring award winning actors Alba Rohrwacher and Riccardo Scamarcio.

Vivacious eight-year-old Alma prays secretly for the reunion of her divorced parents over one unforgettable winter night in this brisk, instantly appealing family drama. Torn between France and Italy, Alma and her two older brothers are shipped off by their pregnant – and very Catholic – mother to spend time with their father, a struggling screenwriter whose parenting skills also lack finesse. What unfolds to everyone’s surprise is a freewheeling season of beach outings, daytrips to Rome and joyrides with a gang of cooler, older kids, one of whom Alma falls for and fantasizes about their future marriage alongside the day her parents will renew their vows.