The First Day of My Life
The First Day of My Life is a 2023 Italian comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Paolo Genovese. It is based on his homonymous 2018 book. The movie tells the story of four people with different life experiences who all fall into a low point in their lives and decide to commit suicide. And at this moment, a mysterious person appeared and told them: in the next week, they will have the opportunity to be reborn, and the story of how their lives will change after being reborn.
Plot
A man who works as a motivator, a police officer, a former gymnast who lost the use of her legs, and an overweight teenager.On a rainy night, they all find themselves together as "guests" of a mysterious individual who rescued them just moments before each of them was about to make the final decision of their life.
Cast
- Toni Servillo as the man
- Valerio Mastandrea as Napoleone
- Margherita Buy as Arianna
- Sara Serraiocco as Emilia
- as Daniele
- Vittoria Puccini as the woman
- Lino Guanciale as Tommaso
- Elena Lietti as Greta
- Thomas Trabacchi as Zeno
- Lidia Vitale as Daniele's mother
- Antonio Gerardi as Daniele's father
- Giorgio Tirabassi as Max
- Davide Combusti as Nicolas
- Alessandro Tiberi as the nurse