Born for You

Alba has Down's Syndrome and was left in the hospital when she was born. Thirty families rejected her before the court decided to entrust her to Luca: a Catholic — and gay — single man.

Cast

Pierluigi Gigante

as Luca Trapanese

Teresa Saponangelo

as Teresa Ranieri

Barbora Bobuľová

as Livia Gianfelici

Alessandro Piavani

as Lorenzo

Antonia Truppo

as Nunzia

Iaia Forte

as Antonia

Giuseppe Pirozzi

as Paolo

Sypario

as Drag Queen

Liliana Bottone

as Claudia Di Marcello

Loris De Luna

as Marco

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Based on a true story, this follows the struggle of Luca (Pierluigi Gigante), a gay Roman Catholic in Italy, to adopt a child. He lives with his partner Lorenzo (Alessandro Piavani) and runs a community facility that looks after people with conditions such as Down’s Syndrome. The two men are keen to...

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