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Happy to be Different

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Happy to be Different (Felice chi è diverso)

Happy to be Different (Felice chi è diverso)

original title:

Felice chi è diverso

directed by:

Gianni Amelio

cast:

Giorgio Bongiovanni, Nicola Calì, Francesco Cocola, Pieralberto Marchesini, Roberto Pagliero, Claudio Mori, Alba Montori, Aldo Sebastiani, Corrado Levi, Ciro Cascina, Agostino Raff, Ninetto Davoli, John Francis Lane, Fernando Nigiro, Mosè Bottazzi, Paolo Poli, Lucy Salani, Roberto David, Glauco Bettera

cinematography:

Luan Amelio Ujkaj

editing:

Cecilia Pagliarani

production:

Luce Cinecittà, Rai Cinema, Rai Com, supported by Ministero della Cultura

distribution:

Luce Cinecittà [Italy], Cine Integral [Argentina]

world sales:

Rai Com [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2014

film run:

93'

format:

colour & b/w

release date:

06/06/2014

festivals & awards:

The film takes us on a voyage to a hidden Italy rarely addressed on film: Gay Italy as it was lived in the 20th century, from the turn of the century up to the 80s. The documentary gives voice to those who personally had to bear the weight of being “different”, remembering how their lives were shaped by this situation during Fascism and in the aftermath of World War II, in an anthropologically and culturally widely diverse nation. Theirs is a mixed testimony of repression, censorship, dignity, courage, and happiness, making way for the final image of a world – our world – that still has a long way to go towards respect and liberty for everyone.