Nuovo Olimpo

Nuovo Olimpo is a 2023 Italian romantic drama film written and directed by Ferzan Özpetek.

In 1978, during the Years of Lead in Italy, Pietro, a shy medical student, sees a film at the Nuovo Olimpo theater, which is run by the exuberant Titti and used by gay men for cruising.

Later, Enea tells his friend and lover Alice about the encounter, and she gives him a key to her grandmother's unoccupied apartment.

A decade later, in 1988, Enea is a director who is famous from his most recent film, a fictional depiction of his brief romance with Pietro.

Pietro visits the Nuovo Olimpo, which is no longer run by Titti and instead is now an adult movie theater.

Enea is shocked by the recent news of Federico Fellini's passing and looks out the window to see Pietro and Giulia on the adjacent train.

While grocery shopping, Enea sees Titti, who asks him why he never returned to the theater and tells him that Pietro had left him a letter.

Later, the film that Pietro and Enea had seen at the Nuovo Olimpo plays on television, and both of them watch it with their respective partners.

When asked about being the first Italian director to publicly come out, Enea credits his relationship with Antonio, the love of his life.

The film is semi-autobiographical, with elements of the story being taken from writer and director Ferzan Özpetek's own life and career.