Underplayed Gems

Jeans and Martò (2011)

Jeans and Martò poster
Directed by
Clio Sozzani, Claudia Palazzi
Genre
documentary film
Country
Italy
Runtime
52 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An Ethiopian boy named Roba from a Karrayu village resists his family's wishes to stay as a herdsman. He studies, gets an invitation from Terra Madre, and moves to Turin, Italy. The documentary follows his inner conflict between tradition and ambition.

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What happens

Jeans and Martò è un film del 2011 diretto da Claudia Palazzi e Clio Sozzani. Un ragazzo etiope, Roba, originario di un villaggio di pastori della tribù karrayu, riesce a studiare nonostante la resistenza della famiglia, che vorrebbe che restasse al villaggio d'origine, ed arriva in Italia, a Torino, invitato da "Terra madre". Il film è un ritratto intimo del protagonista: le sue paure, il senso di colpa nei confronti della famiglia, il conflitto interno tra il rispetto delle tradizioni e il bisogno di autodeterminarsi, ma la voglia di cambiare è più forte di tutto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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