Buon compleanno (Happy Birthday), directed by Francesco Quadri
Giova leaves the care home to celebrate his birthday with Lele, but the evening forces them to confront desire, embarrassment and fragility.
It is the birthday of Giova, a boy who uses a wheelchair: not everything will go as it should.
Directed byFrancesco QuadriComedy-drama19'59"Italy 2026
Director
Francesco QuadriBorn in 1989 in Bergamo. Graduated from the Liceo Artistico in Bergamo in 2008. He studied Film History in Turin, graduating in 2012. In 2018 he graduated in directing and advertising production from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Milan, working at the same time as a storyboard artist, illustrator, and producer.
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Credits
- Title
- Buon compleanno
- International title
- Happy Birthday
- Year
- 2026
- Country
- Italy
- Running time
- 19'59"
- Genre
- Comedy-drama
- Format
- 1.85:1
- Lele
- Sebastiano Bottari
- Giova
- Federico Rubino
- Baba
- Patrizia Casagrande
- Marengo
- Paolo Carenzo
- Lalla
- Giorgia Iolanda Barsotti
- Cast
- Alice Piano
- Director
- Francesco Quadri
- Screenplay
- Francesco Quadri
- Production
- Dianto Film
- Distributor
- PunxFilm
- Director of photography
- Sebastian Bonolis
- Editor
- Jacopo Maresca
- Original music
- Adriano Arena
- Sound
- Michele Negro
- Production designer
- Matteo Maiocchi
- Makeup artist
- Erika Stringa, Sofia Zatta
- Colourist
- Alberto Bandini
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Screening specs
- Running time
- 19'59"
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85:1
Credit line
Buon compleanno (international title: Happy Birthday), comedy-drama, Italy 2026, 19'59". Directed by Francesco Quadri. Produced by Dianto Film. Distributor: PunxFilm.
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