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On the upcoming 21st of July, for the new edition of the Giffoni Film Festival, special guest Toni Servillo will be the protagonist of a day dedicated to talent, thought, and art in Giffoni ...
Matteo Garrone’s refugee drama Io Capitano, an Oscar nominee this year for Italy in the best international feature category, was the big winner of this year’s 2024 David Di Donatello Awards, Italy’s ...
Matteo Garrone‘s Oscar-nominated drama Io Capitano triumphed in Italy‘s David di Donatello film awards on Friday evening, winning best film and best director. The film about the trials and ...
Garrone stresses that, over the last 15 years, more than 27,000 people have died making the journey depicted in Io Capitano. In November 2023, when we met, 2,000 people had already perished since ...
Some of the performers in Matteo Garrone’s acclaimed Io Capitano are reliving the greatest trauma of their lives. Stephanie Bunbury March 29, 2024 ...
“Io Capitano’ Director Matteo Garrone says that approach helped make their performances feel more real. And it wasn’t the only thing he did to ensure the film’s authenticity.
“Io Capitano’ Director Matteo Garrone says that approach helped make their performances feel more real. And it wasn’t the only thing he did to ensure the film’s authenticity.
Matteo Garrone's harrowing tale of African immigrants struggling to make their way to a better life in Europe is absolutely astonishing By James Verniere, Boston Herald March 1, 2024 ...
At one point in “Io Capitano,” a deeply moving drama about an odyssey through unknown lands, the Italian director Matteo Garrone undermines his own realism, to startlingly lyrical effect.
In Matteo Garrone’s Io Capitano (I Captain), Seydou (Seydou Sarr) and Moussa (Moustapha Fall), two Senegalese teenage boys dreaming of a better life in Europe, make a perilous journey from the ...
Matteo Garrone, who also directed the live action "Pinocchio" in 2019, joins us now. Thanks so much for being with us. MATTEO GARRONE: Yeah, it's my pleasure. Thank you for inviting me.