original title:
Ibi
directed by:
cast:
Ibitocho Sehounbiatou,Salami Taiwo Olayiwola,Mimma D’Amico,Fabio Basile,Giampaolo Mosca,Gian Luca Castaldi,Prosper Doe
cinematography:
editing:
music:
producer:
production:
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2017
film run:
64'
format:
colour
release date:
19/10/2017
festivals & awards:
Ibitocho Sehounbiatou was born in Benin in 1960. She had three children and in 2000 decided to
take a big risk in order to give them a better future. She left them with her mother and accepted to
transport some drug from Nigeria to Italy - but she didn’t succeed. Three years spent in jail, in
Naples.
Once released she stayed in Italy, unable to see her children and her mother for 15 years. She
started to film her life in order to make them understand what it was like. She described her life and
her house in Castel Volturno, where she lived with her new companion, Salami, and about Italy
where she tried to get her dignity and hope back.
This film was made starting from the images Ibi shot.