original title:
Io rom romantica
directed by:
cast:
Marco Bocci, Claudia Ruza Djordjevic, Giuseppe Gandini, Simone Coppo, Lorenza Indovina, Antun Blazevic, Dijana Pavlovic, Zema Hamidovic
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
music:
producer:
production:
Wildside, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Film Commission Torino Piemonte
country:
Italy
year:
2014
film run:
80'
format:
colour
release date:
24/07/2014
festivals & awards:
Gioia is a gypsy girl. She lives with her family in Turin. Her father, Armando, is anguished because his 18-year-old daughter is still unmarried and acts like a gagè, a non-gypsy. For the gypsy community Gioia is a gagè, and for Italians she remains only a gypsy. She was born in Turin but, for bureaucratic reasons, she can not get Italian citizenship. Gioia is doubly marginalized and her life is without prospects. Her only confidant is Morena, a little girl with Italian parents, who enjoys the freedom of the gagè. Morena persuades Gioia to participate to a casting for a commercial. On the set, Gioia discovers a world which can give her anything she is looking for. She finally has a dream: she wants to become a director! Gioia, driven by Morena, turns to Alessandro, the mechanic of the district, who will become her friend, confidant and mentor.