Youth is a 2015 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is the director's second English language film, and stars Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel as best friends who reflect on their lives while holidaying in the Swiss Alps. It is a story of the eternal struggle between age and youth, the past and the future, life and death, commitment and betrayal. The cast also includes Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, and Jane Fonda.
The film premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and had a positive critical response.
At the 28th European Film Awards, Youth won Best Film, Best Director for Sorrentino, and Best Actor for Caine. It received one Academy Award nomination: Best Original Song, for David Lang's composition of "Simple Song #3". At the Golden Globe Awards, Lang was also nominated along with Jane Fonda for Best Supporting Actress.
Barbarulo Napoli created the pair of cufflinks worn by Oscar winning actor Michael Caine during the filming of "Youth" directed by the Oscar winning Paolo Sorrentino. The absolutely exclusively designed cufflinks carry the name of the British actor: "MICHAEL".
For the final scene fo the film, 30 numbered pairs of cufflinks were also created for the Orchestra (representing a quaver note), now on sale at the Naples Showroom with Certificate of Participation in the film.
