Là-bas: A Criminal Education (2011)

Castel Volturno, about thirty kilometers from Naples. It is September 18, 2008. A group of Camorra members burst into a tailor's shop run by African immigrants. They fire a hundred bullets indiscriminately, killing six young black men and seriously wounding another. Yussouf, a young immigrant, decided that same evening to settle the score with his uncle Moses. The man who convinced him to come to Italy. He had promised him a future as an honest craftsman but instead turned him into the cynical manager of a million-dollar cocaine ring. Entangled in their story are another African boy, Germain, who happened to be at the scene of the massacre; his girlfriend Asetù, who sings a Miriam Makeba song in public that same evening; and Suad, a prostitute whom Yussouf dreams of rescuing from her pimps.

Released Sept. 6, 2011 100 min None+

Genres: Crime, Drama

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Production Companies: Eskimo, Regione Campania, Figli del Bronx, Minerva Pictures, Rai Fiction

Country: Italy
Production Country: Italy
Languages: Italian, English, French