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 EXPATS VISITING NAPLES AFTER YEARS OF ABSENCE Directors Mario Martone and Paolo Sorrentino both hail from Naples, the bustling port city that Martone vividly depicts in his drama “Nostalgia,” which is Italy’s contender in the international Oscars race. In Sorrentino’s case his autobiographical “The Hand of God” marked a return to his roots. Auteurs discussed their rapport with Naples and nostalgia itself, which Sorrentino says “isn’t just a feeling, but a desire to return to the place where we learned about the world.” Paolo Sorrentino, Mario Martone on Italy’s Oscar Contender ‘Nostalgia’: It Reflects How ‘Everything Changes, and Nothing Changes’ in Naples (EXCLUSIVE) | Variety