Italy / Sep 02, 1987 / Venice Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jean-René Masrevery | Preside |
| Alessandro Casile | Pasqualino |
| Rosario Costantino | Medico |
| Bruno Crisafio | Vincenzino |
| Raffaella De Carolis | |
| Antonino Gangemi | Giacomino |
| Giuseppe Gangemi | Giosuè |
| Rosa Maria Giuffrifa | |
| Nicola Domenico Laganà | Zio Peppino |
| Umberto Francesco Laganà | Padre di Giosuè |
| Stefano La Motta | Totò |
| Giuseppe Mandica | Giudice della corsa |
| Laura Papotto Donia | Maestra di scuola |
| Ettore Pensabene | Giudice della corsa |
| Francesca Triolo | Moglie di Totò |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Un ragazzo di Calabria |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | France, Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Italian International Film, U.P. Schermo Video, Carthago Films, Canal+, RAI, Dolly Cinematografica |
| Release date | 11 settembre 1987 |
| Production | Tarak Ben Ammar, Fulvio Lucisano, Roberto Giussani, Cinzia Bruni |
| Writer | Demetrio Casile, Ugo Pirro, Luigi Comencini, Francesca Comencini |
| Editing | Nino Baragli, Isabella Mauro, Ornella Cristolini |
| Cinematography | Franco Di Giacomo, Alessandro Ghiara, Enzo Falessi, Luigi Conversi, Mauro Anzelotti, Fabio Conversi, Carlo Tafani |
| Assistant directors | Letizia Picone, Maurizio Sciarra, Lorenzo Molossi, Luigi Comencini, Donatella Maiorca |
| Lighting | Valerio Garzia |
| Camera operators | Fabio Conversi, Carlo Tafani, Alessandro Ghiara, Enzo Falessi, Luigi Conversi, Mauro Anzelotti, Franco Di Giacomo |
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| Additional photography | Alessandro Ghiara, Enzo Falessi, Luigi Conversi, Mauro Anzelotti, Franco Di Giacomo, Fabio Conversi, Carlo Tafani |
| Production design | Ranieri Cochetti |
| Art direction | Ranieri Cochetti |
| Set decoration | Ranieri Cochetti |
| Music | Antonio Vivaldi, Pascal D'Hueppe, Gérard Lecas, Romano Checcacci, Claudio Scimone |
| Sound | Pascal D'Hueppe, Gérard Lecas, Romano Checcacci, Claudio Scimone, Antonio Vivaldi |
| Costume design | Carolina Ferrara, Franca Paoletti, Grazia Miccinelli, Luigi Rocchetti, Marina Marin, Claudia Reymond Shone |
| Makeup | Luigi Rocchetti, Claudia Reymond Shone, Franca Paoletti, Grazia Miccinelli, Marina Marin, Carolina Ferrara |
| Hairstyling | Franca Paoletti, Grazia Miccinelli, Luigi Rocchetti, Marina Marin, Carolina Ferrara, Claudia Reymond Shone |
Release dates
Premiere
Limited release
United States / Nov 20, 1987 / New York
Theatrical release
Italy / Sep 11, 1987 / T / Rome
France / Feb 10, 1988 / Paris
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