Completed - ITALIAN - Family, Children's, First film - 102 minutes
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Stefano CIPANI Writer(s) : Fabio BONIFACCI Cast : Francesco GHEGHI, Lorenzo SISTO, Alessandro GASSMAN, Isabella RAGONESE, Rossy DE PALMA, Arianna BECHERONI, Maria Vittoria DALLASTA, Victoria PERGA, Elena MINICHIELLO, Gea DALL'ORTO, Roberto NOCCHI, Saul NANNI, Edoardo PAGLIAI, Gabriele SCOPEL Producer(s) : Isabella COCUZZA (PACO CINEMATOGRAFICA), Arturo PAGLIA (PACO CINEMATOGRAFICA)
Jack has a brother, Gio, who has Down syndrome. As a child, Jack believed the tender lie his parents told him, that Gio was a special being with superpowers, as in a comic book. Now that he is about to go to high school, however, Jack no longer believes that his brother is a superhero, in fact, he is almost ashamed of him, especially since he met Arianna, the first love of his life. Jack cannot allow himself to make any gaffes of bad impressions with the girl of his dreams and looking after his little brother and his unpredictable behavior soon becomes a burden, to the point that Jack pretends not to have any brother and hides the existence of Gio from the eyes of his new classmates and, above all, of Arianna. But you cannot be loved by someone as you are, if you cannot love someone despite his faults and this is a life-lesson that Jack will have to learn: it will be his brother Gio to teach him that, with his straight ways, his unique point of view and his simple but surprisingly wise words.
Country(ies) : SPAIN, ITALY
Venice - Biennale 2019