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.
Cast
Gian Maria Volonté
Felice
Diego Abatantuono
Nicola Sileca
Thérèse Liotard
Mariuccia Sileca
Santo Polimeno
Domenico 'Mimì' Sileca
Giada Desideri
Crisolinda
Enzo Ruoti
Autista Fiat 600
Jacques Peyrac
Barista
Jean-René Masrevery
Preside
Alessandro Casile
Pasqualino
Rosario Costantino
Medico
Bruno Crisafio
Vincenzino
Raffaella De Carolis
Antonino Gangemi
Giacomino
Giuseppe Gangemi
Giosuè
Rosa Maria Giuffrifa
Nicola Domenico Laganà
Zio Peppino
Umberto Francesco Laganà
Padre di Giosuè
Stefano La Motta
Totò
Giuseppe Mandica
Giudice della corsa
Laura Papotto Donia
Maestra di scuola
Ettore Pensabene
Giudice della corsa
Francesca Triolo
Moglie di Totò
Crew
Luigi Comencini
Director
Fabio Conversi
Camera Operator
Claudia Reymond Shone
Makeup Artist
Pascal D'Hueppe
Boom Operator
Valerio Garzia
Gaffer
Carlo Tafani
Camera Operator
Isabella Mauro
Assistant Editor
Carolina Ferrara
Costume Design
Cinzia Bruni
Line Producer
Donatella Maiorca
Script Supervisor
Gianluigi Bruni
Unit Manager
Claudio Scimone
Conductor
Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Tarak Ben Ammar
Associate Producer
Tullio Lullo
Production Manager
Maurizio Sciarra
First Assistant Director
Umberto Mattone
Production Secretary
Nestore Baratella
Administration
Mauro Anzelotti
Key Grip
Roberto Giussani
Line Producer
Fulvio Lucisano
Producer
Silvano Spoletini
Unit Manager
Luigi Conversi
Assistant Camera
Romano Checcacci
Sound Mixer
Ranieri Cochetti
Production Design
Francesca Comencini
Screenplay
Marina Marin
Hairstylist
Nino Baragli
Editor
Franca Paoletti
Seamstress
Ornella Cristolini
Assistant Editor
Grazia Miccinelli
Hairstylist
Ugo Pirro
Screenplay
Letizia Picone
Second Assistant Director
Demetrio Casile
Story
Elisabetta Gizzi
Administration
Gérard Lecas
Sound
Luigi Comencini
Screenplay
Sante Castrignano
Production Secretary
Lorenzo Molossi
Second Assistant Director
Alessandro Ghiara
Assistant Camera
Enzo Falessi
Still Photographer
Luigi Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Antonio Vivaldi
Original Music Composer