Film Details

Runtime: 113 minutes

Language: In Italian with English subtitles

Director: Fabio Mollo

Country: Italy, 2023

Genre: Drama, Foreign , Gay

Born For You tells the beautiful and touching true story of Luca a gay, single, Catholic man, who in 2017 adopted Alba, a Down's syndrome child left in hospital shortly after being born. Thirty heterosexual families rejected her before the court decided to entrust her to him: with him, the legal foster care register for singles was inaugurated in Italy. Luca was in fact the first case in Italy of a single, gay person succeeding in adopting a daughter. But his was not a charitable gesture, or to fight a system set against him and others like him: he simply wanted a family.

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Christopher Padron BFA, MBA, MS, And PhD

Christopher Padron BFA, MBA, MS, And PhD - Board Member

"Born for You" is a beautiful Italian film that tells the story of a man who adopts a baby with Down's syndrome and navigates the challenges of parenthood while surrounded by the people he loves. A film for everyone and families to enjoy!

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