David's Birthday
Original Title
Il Compleanno- Director: Marco Filiberti
- Writer: Deborah De Furia; Marco Filiberti
- Producer: Gianluca Leurini; Caroline Locardi
CGiii Comment
Pederasty - or a sad story of growing old?
A touch of motherly incestuous love? Jealousy of youth and beauty? Take your pick, it's all here.
A hideous father insistent on transferring himself onto his superior son, a redundant wife - a whole litany of characters with varying degrees of the unlikable.
At times, it's a heart-breakingly mature piece of work that has its roots in an uncomfortable pessimism of family, of life.
Slow, tense, complex and harsh - an exceptional piece of work.
And the ending...!
Wow!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A group of friends rent a magnificent house by the sea to spend the summer together. The arrival of Shary and Diego's son David sets something off in everyone, especially Matteo, an accomplished psychoanalyst who is married to Francesca. David's lonely and enigmatic uncle Leonard senses the reasons behind the dangerous tension, hidden beneath layers of silence and friendly banter. This vacation will indelibly mark everybody's life.
Cast & Characters
Alessandro Gassman as Diego;
Maria de Medeiros as Francesca;
Massimo Poggio as Matteo;
Michela Cescon as Shary;
Christo Jivkov as Leonard;
Piera Degli Esposti as Giuliana;
Thyago Alves as David;
Marianna De Rossi as Chicca;
Lynn Swanson as Circeo tour guide