Io Capitano
Cert 15 | 2023 | Dir. Matteo Garrone | Drama | Italy/Senegal | 121 mins
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
In this gripping and emotional journey, two teenage cousins leave their hometown of Dakar, Senegal, in hopes of escaping poverty and reaching Italy. Armed with false passports, they navigate through Mali and Niger, facing corrupt officials, exhaustion, and brutal smugglers along the way.
The film is a heart-wrenching story of survival, sacrifice, and the search for a better life, Seydou and Moussa’s journey shines a light on the harrowing realities of migration and the exploitation they face along the way. This ordeal sustained by hope and self-belief won the Venice Film Festival Best Director prize.
The Guardian gives the film 4/5 stars, noting that the film is a ‘passionate exposé of how greed, trauma and corruption drive the modern-day slave trade in would-be migrants.’
This film was programmed for Southampton Film Week in partnership with The Phoenix Film Society
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