Film

Gioia

2026 · 1h 48m · Drama

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.

Valeria Golino

Gioia

Saul Nanni

Alessio

Jasmine Trinca

Carla

Francesco Colella

Cosimo

Betti Pedrazzi

Gisella

Gianni Bissacca

Professore di Filosofia

Laura Mazzi

Paola

Anita Fiorello

Gilda Postiglione Turco

Andrea Vasone

• Nicolangelo GelorminiDirector
• Giuliano ScarpinatoScreenplay · Novel
• Benedetta MoriScreenplay
• Gioia SalvatoriNovel
• Viola PrestieriProducer
• Valeria GolinoProducer
• Nicola GiulianoProducer
• Gianluca PalmaDirector of Photography
• Tóti GuðnasonOriginal Music Composer
• Chiara VulloEditor

Release date

February 12, 2026

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

16 — Violence, Drug Consumption, Sexuality

Genres

Drama