see also
original title:
Il diritto alla felicità
directed by:
cast:
Remo Girone, Didie Lorenz Tchumbu, Corrado Fortuna, Federico Perrotta, Annamaria Fittipaldi, Pino Calabrese, Biagio Iacovelli, Moni Ovadia, Lapo Braschi, Valentina Olla
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
Clara Surro
costume design:
Vittorio Gargiuolo
producer:
production:
Imago Film, Associazione Culturale Imago
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2021
film run:
80'
format:
colour
release date:
30/04/2021
festivals & awards:
“Il diritto alla felicità” is the poignant and sweet story of a friendship between different generations, nationalities and life experiences.
Libero is a passionate second-hand bookseller while Essien is an immigrant young boy who’s been living in Italy for a while now. Their friendship runs along the lines of books, that is, those that Libero lends to Essien. Their complicity grows according to the emotions that such books give back to both of them.
Essien meets the West through literature, Libero gives true meaning to his name, “Free”, by making Essien a free man.
Life, with all its rules, will ultimately bring about a melancholy end, but nothing is lost where there’s complicity
and love.