Drama
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.
Directed by Luigi Comencini
66
User score
25 votes
Status
Released
Released
September 11, 1987
Runtime
1h 48m
Language
Italian
Top 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
