The Art of Happiness

The Art of Happiness is a 2013 Italian animated drama film written and directed by Alessandro Rak, at his directorial debut. It opened the International Critics' Week at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Sergio works as a taxi driver in Naples; under a heavy rain, he brings his customers through the increasingly degraded city. At the same time he tries to cope with the death of his brother, who departed for Tibet ten years before and never returned. On the seats of his taxi a singer, a radio speaker, an old uncle and other characters alternate, and each of them brings a trace of his missing brother. Cast Leandro Amato as Sergio Cometa Luigi Meola as Young Sergio Nando Paone as Alfredo Cometa Matteo Russo as Young Alfredo Renato Carpentieri as Luciano Cometa Jun Ichikawa as Antonia Lucio Allocca as Sergio and Alfredo's Father Iolanda Semez as Mrs. Pinotta, Sergio and Alfredo's mother. Patrizia Di Martino as Erika Antonio Brachi as Maurizio Brachetti Ciro Cesarano as Nando Silvia Baritska as Lariza Riccardo Polizzy Carbonelli as Speaker Gennaro Matino as himself, the priest in Alfredo's funeral. Paola Tortora as Woman in Bass Dario Sansone as Man in Bass Antonio Funaro as the voice of the taxi's radio. Francesca Romana Bergamo as the voice of the radio news Robert Thurman as himself Accolades The Art of Happiness won the award for best animated film at the 27th European Film Awards.