Naples returns to the big screen with the first film by Peppe Iodice, one of the most beloved comedians and actors on the Neapolitan scene. Filming has officially begun on “My heart is beating”, a film inspired by his famous stage show I have seen MaradonaThe film, directed by Francesco Prisco, sees Iodice also on the screenplay together with Francesco Burzo e Marco Critelli, in a production Run Film in collaboration with the Troisi Theater, a symbolic place of the artistic journey of the Neapolitan comedian.
The cast includes well-known names from the Italian scene such as Francesco Procopio, Ivana lotito, Yari gugliucci, Gianni Ferreri, Francesco Mastandrea, Antonio Milo e Mary Bolignano.
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The story revolves around Peppe Iovine, a journalist for a small local station whose life, dull and uninspiring, changes radically after a heart attack. He dies, or so it seems. Because the next day, during his funeral, he wakes up in the coffinFrom there begins a surreal and irresistible journey through Kafkaesque bureaucracies, family misunderstandings and unexpected encounters, with only one certainty: Peppe believes he has seen Maradona in the afterlife. From that moment on, he decides to live without filters, always telling the truth. But discovering that sincerity can be a double-edged sword will lead him to a new awareness: second chances are not for redemption, but for really understand each other.
Filming will continue for four weeks between Naples and its province, with the theatrical release scheduled for Spring 2026A comedy that promises to unite irony, melancholy and redemption, in the spirit of the unmistakable humanity of Peppe Iodice and of the city that never stops beating — strong — like a heart.
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