Luca Medici aka Checco Zalone presented his new film Tolo Tolo in Rome on Thursday. It will open nationwide on New Year's Day. I haven't seen the film yet, but the early reviews are intriguing. Zalone made his directorial debut with this film after a falling out with his longtime collaborator, director Gennaro Nunziante.

Co-written by Paolo Virzì, the film explores many of Italy's recent hot topics such as African immigration, a sensitive subject that was thrust into the spotlight by Matteo Salvini's populist government during much of 2018 and 2019. There is an African character obsessed with Italian cinema and the film has generated comparisons to Alberto Sordi. That's enough to make me want to see it!