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Io Capitano

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Io Capitano

Io Capitano

original title:

Io Capitano

directed by:

Matteo Garrone

cast:

Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Ahmed Hichem Yacoubi, Doodou Sagna, Khady Sy, Venus Gueye, Cheick Oumar Diaw, Joe Lassana, Mamadou Sani, Bamar Kane, Beatrice Gnonko, Flaure B.B. Kabore, Afif Ben Badra, Observateur Ebène, Jacky Zappa, Abdellah Elbkiri, Bidar Abdelahad, Mohamed Amine Kihel, Mouhamed Gaye, Cheickh Ndiaye, Babacar Diop, Emilie Adams, Princess Erika, Mariam Kaba, Aly Niang, Taha Benaim

screenplay:

Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini, Andrea Tagliaferri

cinematography:

Paolo Carnera

editing:

Marco Spoletini

set design:

Dimitri Capuani

costume design:

Stefano Ciammitti

music:

Andrea Farri

producer:

Matteo Garrone, Ardavan Safaee, Joseph Rouschop

production:

Archimede, Tarantula, Pathé Pictures, Logical Content Ventures, Rai Cinema, CANAL+, CINÉ+, RTBF, VOO-BE TV, Proximus, with the support of Wallimage, Taxshelter.be

distribution:

01 Distribution [Italy], Mcf Megacom Film [Albania], Pathé BC Afrique [Algeria], Moving Turtle [Algeria], Cine Video y TV [Argentina], Exponenta Film [Armenia], Rialto Distribution [Australia], Exponenta Film [Azerbaijan], Moving Turtle [Bahrain], Alliance Media [Bangladesh], Exponenta Film [Belarus], Paradiso [Belgium], Pathé BC Afrique [Benin], Alliance Media [Bhutan], Cine Video y TV [Bolivia], Mcf Megacom Film [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Beta Film [Bulgaria], Pathé BC Afrique [Burkina Faso], Pathé BC Afrique [Cameroon], Immina Films [Canada], Cohen Media Group [Canada], Pathé BC Afrique [Chad], Cine Video y TV [Chile], Cine Video y TV [Colombia], Pathé BC Afrique [Congo], Pathé BC Afrique [Congo], Cine Video y TV [Costa Rica], Pathé BC Afrique [Côte d'Ivoire], Mcf Megacom Film [Croatia], Cine Video y TV [Cuba], Pilot Film [Czech Republic], Edge Entertainment [Denmark], Pathé BC Afrique [Djibouti], Cine Video y TV [Dominican Republic], Cine Video y TV [Ecuador], Moving Turtle [Egypt], Cine Video y TV [El Salvador], Edge Entertainment [Estonia], Edge Entertainment [Finland], Pathé Distribution [France], Pathé BC Afrique [Gabon], Exponenta Film [Georgia], Weird Wave [Greece], Cine Video y TV [Guatemala], Pathé BC Afrique [Guinea], Cine Video y TV [Honduras], Vertigo Media [Hungary], Edge Entertainment [Iceland], Alliance Media [India], Falcon Pictures [Indonesia], Moving Turtle [Iran], Moving Turtle [Iraq], Altitude [Ireland], New Cinema [Israel], Moving Turtle [Jordan], Exponenta Film [Kazakhstan], Moving Turtle [Kuwait], Exponenta Film [Kyrgyzstan], Edge Entertainment [Latvia], Moving Turtle [Lebanon], Edge Entertainment [Lithuania], Pathé BC Afrique [Madagascar], Alliance Media [Maldives], Cine Video y TV [Mexico], Mongol Films [Mongolia], Mcf Megacom Film [Montenegro], Pathé BC Afrique [Morocco], Moving Turtle [Morocco], Alliance Media [Myanmar], Alliance Media [Nepal], Paradiso [Netherlands], Rialto Distribution [New Zealand], Cine Video y TV [Nicaragua], Pathé BC Afrique [Niger], Mcf Megacom Film [North Macedonia], Edge Entertainment [Norway], Moving Turtle [Oman], Alliance Media [Pakistan], Moving Turtle [Palestine], Cine Video y TV [Paraguay], Cine Video y TV [Peru], Aurora Films [Poland], Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais [Portugal], Cine Video y TV [Puerto Rico], Moving Turtle [Qatar], Bad Unicorn [Romania], Exponenta Film [Russia], Moving Turtle [Saudi Arabia], Pathé BC Afrique [Senegal], Mcf Megacom Film [Serbia], Pilot Film [Slovakia], Mcf Megacom Film [Slovenia], Entermode [South Korea], Moving Turtle [South Sudan], Caramel Films [Spain], Alliance Media [Sri Lanka], Edge Entertainment [Sweden], Pathé Films [Switzerland], Moving Turtle [Syria], Exponenta Film [Tajikistan], Pathé BC Afrique [Togo], Pathé BC Afrique [Tunisia], Moving Turtle [Tunisia], Bir Film [Turkey], Exponenta Film [Turkmenistan], SVOEkino [Ukraine], Moving Turtle [United Arab Emirates], Altitude [United Kingdom], Cohen Media Group [United States], Cine Video y TV [Uruguay], Exponenta Film [Uzbekistan], Cine Video y TV [Venezuela], Moving Turtle [Yemen]

world sales:

Pathé International [France]

country:

Italy/Belgium

year:

2023

film run:

121'

format:

colour

release date:

07/09/2023

festivals & awards:

Io Capitano tells the story of the adventurous journey of Seydou and Moussa, two young men who leave Dakar to make their way to Europe. A contemporary Odyssey through the dangers of the desert, the horrors of the detention centers in Libya and the perils of the sea.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
Io Capitano recounts the epic journey of two young men from Senegal who make their way across Africa—and through myriad dangers—in pursuit of a dream called Europe. We began by listening to the actual accounts of people who have survived this infernal ordeal, and we decided to orient the camera from their perspective so as to tell this contemporary odyssey from their point of view. Io Capitano thus offers a sort of reverse shot compared to the images we’re used to seeing from our western perspective in an attempt to finally give voice to those who don’t usually have one.