Gioia

Synopsis

Gioia is a high school teacher who has never known any other love than the oppressive bond with her own parents, with whom she still lives. One of the students at her school, Alessio, is cashing in on his own body to make a couple of hundred euros to help his mother, a cashier in a supermarket. The relationship that dawns between Gioia and Alessio is forbidden fruit, fragile yet, inexplicably, one they can’t do without. Still, Alessio’s desire to improve his social standing is a silent killer that prevents him from ultimately accepting Gioia’s surprising affection for him. He goes and destroys it all, cancelling the only person who has ever loved him.

Cast

Valeria Golino

Gioia

Saul Nanni

Alessio

Jasmine Trinca

Carla

Francesco Colella

Cosimo

Betti Pedrazzi

Gisella

Gianni Bissacca

Professore di Filosofia

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Laura Mazzi

Paola

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Anita Fiorello

Gilda Postiglione Turco

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Andrea Vasone

Crew

Art

• Eugenia F. Di Napoli Production Design

Camera

• Gianluca Palma Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Antonella Cannarozzi Costumer

Directing

• Nicolangelo Gelormini Director

Editing

• Chiara Vullo Editor

Production

• Viola Prestieri Producer
• Valeria Golino Producer
• Nicola Giuliano Producer

Sound

• Tóti Guðnason Original Music Composer
• Francesco Liotard Sound
• Mirko Perri Sound
• Giulio Previ Sound

Writing

• Giuliano Scarpinato Screenplay
• Benedetta Mori Screenplay
• Giuliano Scarpinato Novel
• Gioia Salvatori Novel

Photos