A Boy from Calabria

A Boy from Calabria

108 mins | Drama | Sept. 11, 1987

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.

A Boy from Calabria

108 mins | Drama | Sept. 11, 1987

A Boy from Calabria
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title Un ragazzo di Calabria
Directors Luigi Comencini
Writers Demetrio Casile, Ugo Pirro, Francesca Comencini, Luigi Comencini

Cast

Diego Abatantuono

as Nicola

Thérèse Liotard

as Maria 'Mariuccia' Sileca

Santo Polimeno

as Mimi

Giada Desideri

as Crisolinda (Come Giada Faggioli)