38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Questo E' Il Giardino

Giovanni Davide Maderna

Image Questo E' Il Giardino
Italy
1999 Fiction 1h30
Carlo and Laura are music students at the conservatory and fall in love with each other. Laura decides to live with Carlo in the large flat left to him by his father. She confesses this decision to the priest she has gone to see since her childhood, who tells her she is going against her Church and religion. After the idyllic first few days, Carlo's close ambivalent friends, Marcello and his sister Marta, make Laura begin to doubt the wisdom of her decision. Laura's sudden pregnancy and the visit of Carlo's mother damage her and Carlo's relationship, the inevitable break coming when Laura decides, alone, to abort...
With : Carolina Freschi, Denis Fasolo, Alessandro Quattro, Emanuela Macchniz, Delia Boccardo, Tiziana Bergamaschi
Screenplay : Carolina Freschi et Giovanni Davide Maderna
Image : Luga Bigazzi
Sound : Roberto Mozzarelli
Music : Massimo Mariani
Editing : Jacopo Quadri
Production : Lucky Red c/o IntraFilms
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Giovanni Davide Maderna was born in Milan in 1973. In 1995, he directed "La Place", a short film that won the Sacher d'or in 1996. The same year, he shot "Jahilia", which also won the Sacher in the following year. In 1997, he directed "Documentario su Milano", an episode of the series "Com'e' Bella Cit: Scrittori E Citta", a series filmed by multiple directors and supervised by Geoffredo Fofi. Finally, in 1998, he filmed a short film "Il Dolce Stilnovo", presented at the Locarno Festival. "Questo E' Il Giardino" is his first feature-length film.