Happy to Be Different(2014)

Name: Happy to Be Different
Director: Gianni Amelio
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-01-01
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Glauco Bettera, Giorgio Bongiovanni, Ninetto Davoli, Paolo Poli

Glauco Bettera Giorgio Bongiovanni Ninetto Davoli Paolo Poli

The film takes us on a voyage to a hidden Italy rarely addressed on film: Gay Italy as it was lived in the 20th century, from the turn of the century up to the 80s. The documentary gives voice to those who personally had to bear the weight of being "different", remembering how their lives were shaped by this situation during Fascism and in the aftermath of World War II, in an anthropologically and culturally widely diverse nation. Theirs is a mixed testimony of repression, censorship, dignity, courage, and happiness, making way for the final image of a world - our world - that still has a long way to go towards respect and liberty for everyone.