A Ciambra

Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in southern Italian town of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown. One night Pio sets out to prove to his brother that he is as good or better than him but, when things go wrong, a series of events will forever change the way he sees the world.

Keywords

  • Cannes: Quinzaine des Cinéastes
  • David di Donatello
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Film Fest Gent !
  • Film Fest Gent (home)
  • Italian Cinema
  • Viva l'Italia !

Actors

  • Pio Amato
  • Koudous Seihon
  • Damiano Amato
  • Iolanda Amato
  • Patrizia Amato

Director

  • Jonas Carpignano

Crime, Drama

1h 58min

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Italy
2017
Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in southern Italian town of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown. One night Pio sets out to prove to his brother that he is as good or better than him but, when things go wrong, a series of events will forever change the way he sees the world.

Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in southern Italian town of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown. One night Pio sets out to prove to his brother that he is as good or better than him but, when things go wrong, a series of events will forever change the way he sees the world.


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