Jailbird

Giacinto was born in jail: he lives through his childhood there with his mother. Prison is where he learns how to walk, or rather run. When he gets "released" due to a law, a big jail guard called Jack walks him out. He's a grouchy but kind man. A young, energetic and patient priest, Father Aldo, welcomes Giacinto to a foster home, where he feels he just doesn't belong and gets bullied. To him, prison is the best place to run and hide from such a dangerous and unknown world. Whenever he can, he rushes to his mom... until she's gone. He goes back in as an adult since he becomes a prison officer: Jack is still there, so Giacinto gets to really know him - both in a positive and negative way. However, getting close to the inmates will get him into trouble: how can he run in a true marathon when he's on house arrest in the jail's lodgings?

Andrea Magnani is a director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed the feature films Easy (2017), which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and received two David di Donatello nominations, and Jailbird (2022), which competed at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and the Torino Film Festival.