Scordato

Scordato (2023) is an Italian tragicomedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Rocco Papaleo, who also takes the lead. He plays Orlando, a soft-spoken piano tuner who gets along with strings far better than with people.

A stubborn ache in his back sends Orlando to Olga, a physiotherapist with an unusual read on the problem. The knot in his body, she decides, comes from his life, not his spine. Her prescription: bring her a photograph of himself as a young man. That odd request sets him traveling and, almost as a bystander, replaying the moments that turned him into such a closed-off, tightened-up man. Singer Giorgia stars opposite Papaleo.

As a director, Papaleo favors quiet stories where humor sits right next to sadness, and he stays true to that here — the film leans on tone and music rather than plot. It suits anyone drawn to unhurried Italian arthouse with no big effects. Stream Scordato (2023) online on iFILM.