Release Date

12 Feb, 2026

Runtime

01:48: (HH:MM)

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.

Original Title

La gioia

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Actors

Valeria Golino

Saul Nanni

Jasmine Trinca

Francesco Colella

Betti Pedrazzi

Gianni Bissacca

Laura Mazzi

Anita Fiorello

Gilda Postiglione Turco

Andrea Vasone

Crew

Nicolangelo Gelormini

Giuliano Scarpinato

Benedetta Mori

Gianluca Palma

Chiara Vullo

Eugenia F. Di Napoli

Antonella Cannarozzi

Viola Prestieri

Giuliano Scarpinato

Gioia Salvatori

Valeria Golino

Tóti Guðnason

Francesco Liotard

Mirko Perri