ASPROMONTE: LAND OF THE FORGOTTEN
synopsis
At the end of the 50’s, in Africo, a small village in the valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth, because the doctor can not be there on time, as no route connects Africo with the other villages. The inhabitants decide to get together to build it up. In the meantime Giulia, the new teacher of the local school, is trying to teach Italian to the kids. Aspromonte is an atypical western about the dream of changing events thanks to the desire for redemption of the inhabitants of a remote village.
international title: | Aspromonte: Land of the Forgotten |
original title: | Aspromonte - La terra degli ultimi |
country: | Italy |
sales agent: | Minerva Pictures Group |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Mimmo Calopresti |
film run: | 87' |
release date: | IT 21/11/2019, PL 22/11/2019 |
screenplay: | Mimmo Calopresti, Monica Zapelli |
cast: | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marcello Fonte, Francesco Colella, Marco Leonardi, Sergio Rubini, Fabrizio Gifuni, Elisabetta Gregoraci |
cinematography by: | Stefano Falivene |
film editing: | Valerio Quintarelli |
art director: | Giuliano Pannuti, Pasquale Tricoci |
costumes designer: | Maria Fassari |
music: | Nicola Piovani |
producer: | Fulvio Lucisano, Federica Lucisano |
co-producer: | Guia Loffredo |
executive producer: | Giulio Steve |
production: | Italian International Film (IIF) - Lucisano Media Group, RAI Cinema |
backing: | Regione Calabria (IT), Regione Lazio (IT) |
distributor: | Italian International Film (IIF), Aurora Films |