Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten

Overview

At the end of the 1950s in Africo, a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time. No road connects Africo with the other villages. In the wake of this tragedy, all of Africo’s citizens -including children - abandon their usual occupations and unite to build their own road. Giulia, the new schoolteacher, comes from the North with a mission to teach standard Italian to help bring cultural cohesion with Africo and the rest of Italy. But she will have to contend with the local mafioso Don Totó, who is determined to ensure this the town remains cut off, and thus, under his power.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 21, 2019

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy

Production

RAI Cinema,Regione Lazio,Italian International Film,Regione Calabria

Cast

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,Francesco Colella,Marcello Fonte,Marco Leonardi,Sergio Rubini,Elisabetta Gregoraci,Romina Mondello,Carlo Marrapodi,Francesco Grillo,Fabrizio Gifuniand 1 more

Director

Mimmo Calopresti

Writer

Mimmo Calopresti,Monica Zapelli,Pietro Criaco

Producer

Federica Lucisano,Fulvio Lucisano,Giulio Steve

Cinematography

Stefano Falivene

Music

Nicola Piovani

Budget

$800,000

Revenue

$274,858

IMDb

tt9146058