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A Ciambra
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Wikipedia article
'A Ciambra' is a 2017 Italian drama film directed by Jonas Carpignano. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes in won the Europa Cinemas Label Award. It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It is the second in the director's trilogy set in a Calabrian town, following 'Mediterranea' (2015) and followed by 'A Chiara' (2022).
Plot
Fourteen-year-old Pio Amato idolizes his older brother in their small Romani community in Calabria. Challenges mount after his older brother disappears.
Cast
* Pio Amato as Pio Amato
* Koudous Seihon
* Damiano Amato as Cosimo
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 90% based on 58 reviews, and an average rating of 7.1/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
See also
* List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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