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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). Cast. Gian Maria Volonté as Felice; Diego Abatantuono as Nicola
A Boy from Calabria: Directed by Luigi Comencini. With Gian Maria Volontè, Diego Abatantuono, Thérèse Liotard, Santo Polimeno. Dad wants his 13-year-old son to work harder and smarter than he himself did; thus justifying the beatings and scoldings given the boy.
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- Drama, Sport
- Luigi Comencini
- 1987-09-11
A BOY FROM CALABRIA is the story of 13-year-old Mimi (Santo Polimeno), who achieves earthly ecstasy whenever he is running... and always in bare feet, like his hero, the Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, who won the Olympic marathon in 1960, when this story is set.
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- Italy
- Franco Di Giacomo
- Luigi Comencini
Set in 1960, the year of the Rome Olympics, a 13 year-old boy with aspirations to become an athlete befriends Ageing, disabled bus driver who understands his ambitions.
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. Luigi Comencini. Director, Screenplay. Ugo Pirro.
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