A Boy from Calabria

A Boy from Calabria

1987 · 108 min · IT · 6.5 (23 votes)
Dir. Luigi Comencini · Starring Gian Maria Volonté, Diego Abatantuono, Thérèse Liotard, Santo Polimeno, Giada Desideri, Enzo Ruoti · Music Antonio Vivaldi
Drama

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.

VIBE

A gentle, sun-drenched Italian drama about unlikely bonds and the quiet pursuit of dreams. It feels like a warm embrace, full of youthful optimism and the wisdom of age, set against a vibrant, bygone era.

nostalgicheartwarmingbittersweethopefulsteadyItalian neorealismcharacter-drivenperiod pieceambitionmentorshipfriendshipcoming-of-age
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