Aspromonte. Land of the Forgotten Aspromonte, la terra degli ultimi
by Mimmo Calopresti
Italy 2019 87′
At the end of the 50’s, in Africo, a small village in the valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth, because the doctor can not be there on time, as no route connects Africo with the other villages.
The inhabitants decide to get together to build it up. In the meantime Giulia, the new teacher of the local school, is trying to teach Italian to the kids.
Aspromonte is an atypical western about the dream of changing events thanks to the desire for redemption of the inhabitants of a remote village.
Cast:
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marcello Fonte, Francesco Colella, Marco Leonardi, Sergio Rubini, Fabrizio Gifuni, Elisabetta Gregoraci
Festivals & awards:
- Cinéalma – L’âme de la méditerranée 2022
- Festival du Cinéma Italien de Montélimar – Le Teil 2021
- Pune International Film Festival 2021: Global Cinema
- Festival du Cinema Italien de Bastia 2020: Compétition
- Globi d’Oro 2020: Best Actress (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi)
- ICFF Italian Contemporary Film Festival 2020: People’s Choice Award
- Los Angeles – Italia 2020: Italian Cinema Today
- Traversées – Le festival de cinéma du Pays de Lunel 2020: Eldorado
- Cinemed – Festival Cinema
- Mediterranéen Montpellier 2019: Panorama Longs Métrages
- De Rome à Paris 2019
- Festival do Rio 2019: Expectations
Les rencontres du cinéma italien à - Toulouse 2019: Panorama
- ST. ALi Italian Film Festival – Australia 2019: New Italian Cinema
- Taormina Film Fest 2019: Teatro Antico
- Villerupt Italian Film Festival 2019: Panorama
- Waterloo Historical Film Festival 2019
- Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2019
- Italian Films Focus – Cape Town 2019
- Amsterdam Shortcutz 2020
- Univercine – Nantes 2020
- Italian Film Festival of Valence 2022
- Festival of New Italian Film – Yale 2022