Five Seconds

Five Seconds
Italian theatrical release poster
ItalianCinque secondi
Directed byPaolo Virzì
Written by
Produced by
  • Marco Belardi
  • Benedetto Habib
  • Fabrizio Donvito
  • Marco Cohen
  • Daniel Campos Pavoncelli
  • Ester Ligori
Starring
CinematographyLuca Bigazzi
Edited byJacopo Quadri
Music byCarlo Virzì
Production
companies
Distributed byVision Distribution
Release dates
  • October 2025 (2025-10) (Rome)
  • 30 October 2025 (2025-10-30) (Italy)
CountryItaly

Five Seconds (Italian: Cinque secondi) is a 2025 Italian film co-written and directed by Paolo Virzì. It stars Valerio Mastandrea, Galatea Bellugi, Ilaria Spada, Anna Ferraioli Ravel, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. It premiered at the 20th Rome Film Festival on 18 October 2025 and received a theatrical release in Italy on 30 October 2025.

Premise

Adriano is a middle-aged man living in a dilapidated villa in Tuscany, when a group of young idealistic students arrives to restore the villa's vineyards.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began in Rome in October 2024.[1][2]

Release

A trailer was released on 19 August 2025.[3] The film premiered in the Grand Public section of the 20th Rome Film Festival on 18 October 2025.[4][5] It received a theatrical release in Italy on 30 October 2025.[6]

References

  1. ^ Scarpa, Vittoria (10 October 2024). "Shooting has started on Paolo Virzì's Cinque secondi". Cineuropa. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  2. ^ Vai, Mario (10 October 2024). "Paolo Virzì torna sul set per le riprese del suo nuovo film. Nel cast anche Valerio Mastandrea". RTL 102.5 (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  3. ^ Canonico, Nicolò (19 August 2025). ""Cinque Secondi": il trailer del nuovo film di Paolo Virzì con Valerio Mastandrea". IO Donna (in Italian). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  4. ^ Finos, Arianna (18 October 2025). "Paolo Virzì: "L'odio degli adulti non ricada sui figli. La cura ripara il dolore"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  5. ^ Saltalamacchia, Stefania (18 October 2025). "Paolo Virzì: «Ci sono tanti modi per essere genitori, a volte si fa danno, a volte si fa del bene. I ragazzi riempiono le piazze perché vogliono ridefinirsi»". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  6. ^ Di Lorenzo, Paolo (19 August 2025). ""Cinque Secondi" è il nuovo film di Paolo Virzì, a ottobre al cinema". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 20 August 2025.