A Boy from Calabria

Name: A Boy from Calabria
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 6.58

1987 · 108 min

Drama

★ 6.6

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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.

Crew

Director Luigi Comencini
Screenplay Ugo Pirro
Screenplay Luigi Comencini
Screenplay Francesca Comencini
Story Demetrio Casile
Director of Photography Franco Di Giacomo

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
Screenplay — Luigi Comencini
Screenplay — Francesca Comencini
Story — Demetrio Casile
Director of Photography — Franco Di Giacomo

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