Luigi Comencini
Director
A Boy from Calabria (1987)
Set in 1960, the year of the Rome Olympics, a 13 year-old boy with aspirations to become an athlete befriends an ageing, disabled bus driver who understands his ambitions.
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Production Companies: Italian International Film, U.P. Schermo Video, Carthago Films, Canal+, RAIDolly Cinematografica
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Runtime: 108 min.
Released: Sept. 11, 1987
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 7+