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A Boy from Calabria

A Boy from Calabria

1987•1h 48m•6.5/10
Drama

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6.5/10(23)

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.

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Production

Italian International Film, U.P. Schermo Video, Carthago Films, Canal+, RAI, Dolly Cinematografica

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Gian Maria Volonté

Gian Maria Volonté

Felice

Diego Abatantuono

Diego Abatantuono

Nicola Sileca

Thérèse Liotard

Thérèse Liotard

Mariuccia Sileca

Santo Polimeno

Domenico 'Mimì' Sileca

Giada Desideri

Giada Desideri

Crisolinda

Enzo Ruoti

Autista Fiat 600

Jacques Peyrac

Barista

Jean-René Masrevery

Preside

Alessandro Casile

Pasqualino

Rosario Costantino

Medico

Bruno Crisafio

Vincenzino

Raffaella De Carolis

Antonino Gangemi

Giacomino

Giuseppe Gangemi

Giosuè

Rosa Maria Giuffrifa

Nicola Domenico Laganà

Zio Peppino

Umberto Francesco Laganà

Padre di Giosuè

Stefano La Motta

Totò

Giuseppe Mandica

Giudice della corsa

Laura Papotto Donia

Maestra di scuola

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