A Boy from Calabria
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.
Gian Maria Volonté
Felice
Diego Abatantuono
Nicola Sileca
Thérèse Liotard
Mariuccia Sileca
Santo Polimeno
Domenico 'Mimì' Sileca
Giada Desideri
Crisolinda
Enzo Ruoti
Autista Fiat 600
Jacques Peyrac
Barista
Jean-René Masrevery
Preside
Alessandro Casile
Pasqualino
Rosario Costantino
Medico
Bruno Crisafio
Vincenzino
Raffaella De Carolis
Antonino Gangemi
Giacomino
Giuseppe Gangemi
Giosuè
Rosa Maria Giuffrifa
Nicola Domenico Laganà
Zio Peppino
Umberto Francesco Laganà
Padre di Giosuè
Stefano La Motta
Totò
Giuseppe Mandica
Giudice della corsa
Laura Papotto Donia
Maestra di scuola
Ettore Pensabene
Giudice della corsa
Francesca Triolo
Moglie di Totò
Luigi Comencini
Director
Claudio Scimone
Conductor
Carolina Ferrara
Costume Design
Ranieri Cochetti
Production Design
Nino Baragli
Editor
Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Roberto Giussani
Line Producer
Cinzia Bruni
Line Producer
Demetrio Casile
Story
Luigi Comencini
Screenplay
Ugo Pirro
Screenplay
Francesca Comencini
Screenplay
Fulvio Lucisano
Producer
Tarak Ben Ammar
Associate Producer
Tullio Lullo
Production Manager
Maurizio Sciarra
First Assistant Director
Ornella Cristolini
Assistant Editor
Lorenzo Molossi
Second Assistant Director
Letizia Picone
Second Assistant Director
Donatella Maiorca
Script Supervisor
Gianluigi Bruni
Unit Manager
Silvano Spoletini
Unit Manager
Umberto Mattone
Production Secretary
Sante Castrignano
Production Secretary
Elisabetta Gizzi
Administration
Nestore Baratella
Administration
Carlo Tafani
Camera Operator
Fabio Conversi
Camera Operator
Alessandro Ghiara
Assistant Camera
Luigi Conversi
Assistant Camera
Enzo Falessi
Still Photographer
Gérard Lecas
Sound
Pascal D'Hueppe
Boom Operator
Franca Paoletti
Seamstress
Luigi Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Claudia Reymond Shone
Makeup Artist
Grazia Miccinelli
Hairstylist
Marina Marin
Hairstylist
Valerio Garzia
Gaffer
Mauro Anzelotti
Key Grip
Isabella Mauro
Assistant Editor
Romano Checcacci
Sound Mixer
Antonio Vivaldi
Original Music Composer