Director
Director – Il quieto vivere
Gianluca Matarrese is an Italian filmmaker based in Paris. In the past five years, he has directed 10 films that have earned acclaim at many festivals.
Gianluca’s work explores diverse and provocative themes, including family conflicts and legacies, gender affirmation, the precariousness of work and economic decline, unresolved personal and collective traumas, the social implications of sexual practices. His cinema constantly interrogates the blurred boundaries between reality and fiction, exposing the contradictions and vulnerabilities of contemporary life. His films have earned prestigious accolades, including Best Italian Documentary at the Torino Film Festival and the Queer Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
His feature-length film, GEN_, centers on a hospital in Milan specializing in gender transition and fertility disorders. His most recent work, Il quieto vivere (I Want Her Dead), had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori section.
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