A BOY FROM CALABRIA
synopsis
Dad wants his 13-year-old son to work harder and smarter than he himself did; thus justifying the beatings and scoldings given the boy. The boy was also forced to work with some rope manufacturers who worked him like a dog.
| international title: | A Boy from Calabria |
| original title: | Un ragazzo di Calabria |
| country: | Italy, France |
| year: | 1987 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Luigi Comencini |
| film run: | 108' |
| release date: | IT 02/09/1987, FR 10/02/1988, NL 13/10/1988, PT 01/06/1990 |
| screenplay: | Francesca Comencini, Luigi Comencini, Ugo Pirro |
| cast: | Gian Maria Volontè, Diego Abatantuono, Giada Desideri, Jacques Peyrac, Jean Rene Masrevery |
| cinematography by: | Franco Di Giacomo |
| film editing: | Nino Baragli |
| art director: | Ranieri Cochetti |
| costumes designer: | Carolina Ferrara |
| producer: | Fulvio Lucisano |
| associate producer: | Tarak Ben Ammar |
