The Right to Happiness
2023, Italian. Directed by Claudio Rossi Massimi.
The Right to Happiness centers on a small used book store in a small plaza in a small town with big vistas, somewhere in Italy. It sounds like a book lover's fantasy, and maybe it is. The bookseller, Libero, knows most of his rather eccentric customers and can barely bring himself to take their money (although fascists pay double). When a young boy, Essien (Didie Lorenz Tchumbu), an émigré from Burkina Faso, happens on the shop, Libero begins lending him books of increasing difficulty. From Pinocchio to Moby Dick, Essien can read as fast as Libero can lend, and the two form a bond over reading and meaning. "Books should be read twice," Libero says. "Once to understand them, and once to think." Life should probably be lived like that too, but the bookseller's name means "free," and freedom is what Libero bequeaths to Essien.
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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Cast & crew
- Claudio Rossi MassimiDirector
- Remo GironeLibero
- Corrado FortunaNicola
- Didie Lorenz TchumbuEssien
- Moni OvadiaCollezionista Medusa
- Pino CalabreseProfessor Saputo
- Federico PerrottaBojan
- Annamaria FittipaldiChiara
- Lapo BraschiUomo con testa rasata
- Valentina OllaSignora Sado/Maso
- Biagio IacovelliPrete
- Liliana FiorelliLa voce del diario
Details
- Released
- 3 March 2023
- Original title
- Il diritto alla felicità
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Claudio Rossi Massimi
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The Right to Happiness runs 81 minutes (1h 21m).
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The Right to Happiness isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 March 2023. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Right to Happiness?
If you liked The Right to Happiness, try Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Bebo's Girl.
Who directed The Right to Happiness?
The Right to Happiness (2023) was directed by Claudio Rossi Massimi and stars Remo Girone, Corrado Fortuna, Didie Lorenz Tchumbu.