Ciambra

Winner
Label Europa Cinemas
Cannes Film Festival
A raw and distinctive coming-of-age portrait.
-- David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

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A Ciambra

In a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the regional factions - the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets. When Cosimo disappears things start to go wrong. Pio sets out to prove he’s ready to handle his brother’s responsibilities but soon finds himself faced with an impossible decision that will show if he is truly ready to become a man.
Not Rated
Genre
Drama
Language
Italian
Director
Jonas Carpignano
Cast
Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, Damiano Amato
Awards:
Winner, Label Europa Cinemas, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com

In the 2015 film “Mediterranea,” writer/director Jonas Carpignano followed two men on a journey from Saharan Africa to Southern Italy. That film used non-actors to play characters who were fictionalized to some degree. This is a strategy that is increasingly popular with European filmmakers of a ...

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