Gioia

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Nicolangelo Gelormini

Writers

Benedetta Mori, Giuliano Scarpinato, Gioia Salvatori

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

Release date

12 February 2026

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  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