
Feature film — 2019
Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten (2019)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 65 votes.
Italian International Film / Regione Calabria / RAI Cinema / Regione Lazio
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Director: Mimmo Calopresti
On screen
Cast & crew

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Giulia

Francesco Colella
Peppe

Marcello Fonte
Ciccio Italia

Marco Leonardi
Cosimo

Sergio Rubini
Don Totò

Elisabetta Gregoraci
Maria

Romina Mondello
Cicca
Carlo Marrapodi
Massaro Salvatore

Francesco Grillo
Andrea

Fabrizio Gifuni

Fulvio Lucisano
Anziano ritornato ad Africo
