David's Birthday
Synopsis
A group of friends rent a magnificent house by the sea to spend the summer together. The unexpected 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.
Awards and Festival
Busto Arsizio Film Festival 2010
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Massimo Poggio
Best Cinematography - Roberta Allegrini
Ajaccio Italian Film Festival 2009
Serge Leca Award – Best Film
Special Mention University of Corsica Award
Siena International Film Festival 2009
Public's Award
66 Venice International Film Festival 2009
Official selection Controcampo
Beirut International Film Festival 2009
33 Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2009
In Competition
Miami Italian Film Festival 2009
6th Sevilla European Film Festival 2009
Out of Competition
6th Los Angeles Cinema Italian Style 2009
Madrid Italian Film Festival 2009
Tolosa Italian Film Festival 2009
20th Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2010
In competition
Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2010
In competition
New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival NewFest 2010
In competition
by Marco Filiberti (Italy - 2009)
Feature Film 106’ – Production
Cast
Alessandro Gassman (Diego)
Maria de Medeiros (Francesca)
Massimo Poggio (Matteo)
Michela Cescon (Shary)
Christo Jivkov (Leonard)
Thyago Alves for the first time on screen (David)
and with the extraordinary participation of Piera Degli Esposti (Giuliana)
Crew
directed by: Marco Filiberti
screenplay: Marco Filiberti
director of photography: Roberta Allegrini
edited by: Valentina Girodo
sound: Marco Grillo
production manager: Gianluca Leurini
set designer: Livia Borgognoni, with the exceptional collaboration of Maestro Ezio Frigerio for the set design of opera Tristan & Iseult.
1st A.D.: Luigi Spoletini
costume designer: Eva Coen e Isabelle Caillaud
make up designer: Ermanno Spera
sound editor: Marco Benevento
special effects: Paola Trisoglio - VISUALOGIE
original music: Andrea Chenna
original soundtrack produced by Warner Chappell Music Italiana S.r.l.
produced by Agnès Trincal and Caroline Locardi
with the participation of the screenwriting workshop Evian éQuinoxe 2007 at the Royal Evian Resort
with the support of the Marche Film Commission and Marche Region
with the collaboration of the Pergolesi Spontini Foundation
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“David’s Birthday, a film destined to leave its mark”.
(Marco Müller, IL MESSAGERO, august 26, 2009)
"Filiberti, a talented alternative filmmaker , has made a true modern melodrama with a magical cast”.
(Maurizio Porro, CORRIERE DELLA SERA, september 16, 2009)
"An explicit, yet refined melodrama entrusted to a cast of remarkably forceful actors".
(Gloria Satta, IL MESSAGGERO, august 26, 2009)
“Passion and obsession collide in Il Compleanno. A quartet of flawed, and therefore readily recognizabile men and women”
(John Arkelian, ARTSFORUM MAGAZINE CANADA, ottobre 2009)
"David's Birthday reveals itself to be prestigious and refined product, standing out with the perfection of a mosaic”.
(Gregorio Napoli, Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici october 22, 2009)
“David’ Birthday, one of the best films at the Venice Film Festival”.
(Massimo Giraldi, FILM TV, september 12, 2009)
“Filiberti is an intellectual with a rare finesse . David's Birthday is a wonderful updated version of Visconti’s melodramatic canons”.
(Sergio Di Lino, CINEMA AVVENIRE, december 15, 2009)
"A well-deserved standing ovation in Venice for this ambitious Italian film”.
(Fabiana Proietti, CLOSE-UP.IT, september 9, 2009)
“A mournful meditation on the meaning of how modernity is forcing itself into the locked doors of our conscience”.
(Alessandro Izzi, CLOSE-UP.IT , september 7, 2009)
