A Boy from Calabria (1987)
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.
- Released
- 1987-09-11
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Luigi Comencini, Ugo Pirro, Luigi Comencini, Francesca Comencini
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 25 votes
Cast
- Gian Maria Volonté as Felice
- Diego Abatantuono as Nicola Sileca
- Thérèse Liotard as Mariuccia Sileca
- Santo Polimeno as Domenico 'Mimì' Sileca
- Giada Desideri as Crisolinda
- Enzo Ruoti as Autista Fiat 600
- Jacques Peyrac as Barista
- Jean-René Masrevery as Preside
- Alessandro Casile as Pasqualino
- Rosario Costantino as Medico
- Bruno Crisafio as Vincenzino
- Raffaella De Carolis