Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten

Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten (2019)

Drama

At the end of the 1950s in Africo, a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time. No road connects Africo with the other villages. In the wake of this tragedy, all of Africo’s citizens -including children - abandon their usual occupations and unite to build their own road. Giulia, the new schoolteacher, comes from the North with a mission to teach standard Italian to help bring cultural cohesion with Africo and the rest of Italy. But she will have to contend with the local mafioso Don Totó, who is determined to ensure this the town remains cut off, and thus, under his power.

Director: Mimmo Calopresti
Writers: Monica Zapelli, Mimmo Calopresti.

Casts

	Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Giulia
	Francesco Colella as Peppe
	Marcello Fonte as Ciccio Italia
	Marco Leonardi as Cosimo
	Sergio Rubini as Don Totò
	Elisabetta Gregoraci as Maria
	Romina Mondello as Cicca
	Carlo Marrapodi as Massaro Salvatore
	Francesco Grillo as Andrea
	Fabrizio Gifuni as
	Fulvio Lucisano as Anziano ritornato ad Africo

Crew