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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Valeria Bruni TedeschiGiulia
Francesco ColellaPeppe
Marcello FonteCiccio Italia
Marco LeonardiCosimo
Sergio RubiniDon Totò
Elisabetta GregoraciMaria
Romina MondelloCicca
Francesco GrilloAndrea
Fabrizio GifuniCast
Fulvio LucisanoAnziano ritornato ad AfricoExplore the crew
- Director
- Mimmo Calopresti
- Screenplay
- Monica Zapelli
- Editor
- Valerio Quintarelli
- Screenplay
- Mimmo Calopresti
- Director of Photography
- Stefano Falivene
- Producer
- Federica Lucisano
- Producer
- Fulvio Lucisano
- Writer
- Mimmo Calopresti
- Writer
- Monica Zapelli
- Original Music Composer
- Nicola Piovani
- Editor
- Esmeralda Calabria
- Editor
- Andrea Bonanni