Gol!a

Golia is a former rugby champion suffering from dementia. every day he wakes up convinced that he is still young and is away with his team, only to learn that he is living inside a nursing home and has lost all contact with his wife and children. alessandro, another guest of the nursing home, is a former professor of ancient literature suffering from paraplegia. alessandro has one last ambition left: to help golia break out of the nursing home and reunite him with his family, overcoming the defense lines of the institution’s mean-spirited staff and showing the institutions how senility and illness are not valid pretexts for defining the social worthlessness of man.

Directed by Roberto Marra, Stefano Salvatori, Gol!a leans on a strong ensemble — Lucia Batassa, Giorgio Colangeli, Giobbe Covatta — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2023.