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A Boy from Calabria (1987)
Directed by Luigi Comencini
Drama · 1h 48m
Set in 1960, the year of the Rome Olympics, a 13 year-old boy with aspirations to become an athlete befriends an ageing, disabled bus driver who understands his ambitions.
Cast
Gian Maria Volonté
Felice
Diego Abatantuono
Nicola Sileca
Thérèse Liotard
Mariuccia Sileca
S
Santo Polimeno
Domenico 'Mimì' Sileca
Giada Desideri
Crisolinda
E
Enzo Ruoti
Autista Fiat 600
J
Jacques Peyrac
Barista
J
Jean-René Masrevery
Preside
A
Alessandro Casile
Pasqualino
R
Rosario Costantino
Medico
B
Bruno Crisafio
Vincenzino
R
Raffaella De Carolis
Crew
- Director
- Luigi Comencini
- Screenplay
- Ugo Pirro, Luigi Comencini, Francesca Comencini
- Director of Photography
- Franco Di Giacomo
- Original Music Composer
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Editor
- Nino Baragli
- Producer
- Fulvio Lucisano
Details
- Original title
- Un ragazzo di Calabria
- Release date
- 1987-09-11
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Italian International Film, U.P. Schermo Video, Carthago Films, Canal+, RAI, Dolly Cinematografica