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Finally Dawn

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A young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man. She goes to Cinecittà to do an audition as an extra and is thrust into this almost infinite night during which she discovers herself.
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Cast & Crew

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Saverio Costanzo

Director

Lily James

Josephine Esperanto

Willem Dafoe

Rufo Priori

Rebecca Antonaci

Mimosa

Joe Keery

Sean Lockwood

Rachel Sennott

Nan Roth

Critics Reviews

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Maureen Lee Lenker Entertainment Weekly Finally Dawn is a surreal vision of coming-in-age via cinema, and [Lily] James fully sells the movie star mayhem at its center. But it can't overcome its meandering script and hollow depiction of the era. Rated: C+ Sep 6, 2023 Full Review Steph Green IndieWire Saverio Costanzo seems to throw more and more ideas at the page with the growing desperation of adding new toppings to mask a bad pizza. Rated: C- Sep 3, 2023 Full Review Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter A flawed but impressive movie about movies. Sep 1, 2023 Full Review Stephanie Bunbury Deadline Hollywood Daily A sprawling story of uncertain tone -- sometimes thrilled, sometimes appalled and sometimes as generally bewildered as nervous ingenue Mimosa. Oct 31, 2023 Full Review Rafaela Sales Ross The Playlist The Italian director chooses to enlist a series of shining American names to this multicultural affair, hanging his film by a thread on the fine line between European arthouse and American mainstream without ever committing to one side or the other. Rated: D Sep 3, 2023 Full Review Jay Weissberg The Film Verdict with an absurdly didactic screenplay awash in multiple stereotypes, it falls short of its apparent influences (primarily Fellini and Sirk) and turns into a handsome old-fashioned drama with no resonance beyond the surface. Sep 2, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man. She goes to Cinecittà to do an audition as an extra and is thrust into this almost infinite night during which she discovers herself.
Director
Saverio Costanzo
Producer
Lorenzo Gangarossa, Mario Gianani
Screenwriter
Saverio Costanzo
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co
RAI Cinema, Fremantle, Wildside
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 18, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 18, 2025
Runtime
1h 48m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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