A Boy from Calabria (1987)

Original title

Un ragazzo di Calabria

Directed by

Luigi Comencini

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

T

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy in rural Calabria dreams of becoming a bus driver and befriends an older man who becomes his mentor. The story follows their connection as the boy grows up.

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What happens

Un ragazzo di Calabria (internationally released as A Boy from Calabria) is a 1987 Italian comedy drama film by Luigi Comencini. It entered the main competition at the 44th Venice Film Festival in which it won the Pasinetti Award for Best Actor (to Gian Maria Volonté). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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