Happy days

Genre: Drama

Langage: Italian

Subtitles: French, English

Format: xxx

Sound: 5.1.

Duration: 90

Countries : Italy (Vivo Films), Belgium (Tarantula)

Year : 2026

SYNOPSIS

Claudia is a girl like many other 20-years-olds, tornnbetween past and future loves, but she has a peculiarity. When feelings overwhelm her, when she get excited or angry, she turns into a creature with white wings, tusks and feline paws. Her story is about abuse and protection, about growing up, about change: but most of all, it is about finding the courage to show others who we really are, and about being ready to take this risk.

CREDITS

Director : Susanna Nicchiarelli

Writer : Susanna Nicchiarelli

Image : Francesco Di Giacomo

Sound : Yves Bemelmans

Set designer : Igor Gabriel

Costume designer :  Massimo Cantini Parrini

Make up artist : Sara Morlando

Editor : Stefano Cravero

Music : Gatto Ciliegia contro il Grande Freddo

Sound editor : Lilio Rosato

Mixage : Thomas Gauder

Casting : Carlotta Gamba, Riccardo Scamarcio, Bruno Orlando, Anna Bellato, Leonardo Maddalena, Aurora Di Modugno, Sara Mafodda

FESTIVALS

DIRECTOR

Susanna Nicchiarelli was born in Rome. Philosophy graduate with a PhD at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, in 2004 she graduated in Film Direction at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.

After a few shorts and documentaries (some awarded with important prizes, like her Sputinik 5, winner of the Silver Ribbon for the Best Animation Short), in 2009 she directed her first feature, Cosmonauta, winner of Controcampo at Venice Film Festival, followed by: The Discovery of Dawn (2012), nominated to the Italian Golden Globes; Nico, 1988 (2017), Best Film in Orizzonti and awarded with four David di Donatello; Miss Marx, main competition at the Venice Film Festival in 2020 and awarded with three David di Donatello; Chiara (2022), her fifth film, presented in competition at Venice Film Festival. Chiara was also nominated to the David di Donatello for the Best Original Screenplay and the Best Costumes.

In 2023, she participated in the writing of the film Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio, presented in competition at Cannes Film Festival, winning the Silver Ribbon for the Best Screenplay and the David the Donatello for the Best Non-Original Screenplay. She is currently working on the post-production of the series Fuochi d’artificio, commissioned by Rai Uno and based on the homonymous novel by Andrea Bouchard.