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The First Day of My Life (Italian: Il primo giorno della mia vita) is a 2023 Italian comedy-drama film 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

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Cast

• Toni Servillo as the man
• Valerio Mastandrea as Napoleone
• Margherita Buy as Arianna
• Sara Serraiocco as Emilia
• Gabriele Cristini [de] 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

Production

On November 9, 2019, it was announced that Hollywood Gang, Leone Film Group and Lotus Productions will co-produce the Genovese's The First Day Of My Life from a screenplay by Kirk Jones, Marco Belardi, Andrea Leone and Raffaella Leone. Principal photography began on January 18, 2021 and was scheduled to conclude on March 19, 2021 in Rome, Italy.

References

1. Bigi, Emanuele (2023-01-26). "Il primo giorno della mia vita è al cinema, pronto a entrarti dentro come e più di Perfetti sconosciuti". GQ (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-12-09.
2. Finos, Arianna (2023-01-27). "Paolo Genovese: "Con 'Il primo giorno della mia vita' racconto il nostro male di vivere"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-12-09.
3. Grater, Tom; Tartaglione, Nancy (November 9, 2019). "'300' Outfit Hollywood Gang To Co-Produce Paolo Genovese's 'The First Day Of My Life'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
4. "Film and TV Projects Going Into Production - The First Day of My Life". Variety Insight. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
5. Wiseman, Andreas (March 4, 2021). "'The Departed' & '300' Producer Gianni Nunnari Acquires Novel 'The German Girl' For TV Adaptation". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 21, 2021.

External links

• The First Day of My Life at IMDb 
• The First Day of My Life at Rotten Tomatoes

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