The City of the Living

Plot

Luca is twenty-three years old. He lives with an adoptive family who loves him. He moves between the suburbs and the city center with his friends and has a girlfriend with whom he shares a love that is young, yet significant for them both. Luca is searching for his path at an age when everything still feels possible and, at the same time, already lost; in this pursuit, he leads a double life. One night, after a seemingly chance encounter, the trajectory of Luca’s life is shattered, colliding with blind and senseless violence.

About The City of the Living

The City of the Living (Italian: La città dei vivi) is a 2026 Italian drama film directed by Edoardo Gabbriellini, written by Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo and based on the 2020 novel La città dei vivi by Nicola Lagioia. It stars Emanuele Maria Di Stefano, Gaia Merlonghi, Valerio Mastandrea, and Simona Senzacqua. The film had its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2026. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in Italy by Eagle Pictures on 1 October.

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