Io Capitano. 2023. Directed by Matteo Garrone

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Held on Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 2:00 p.m.

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Io Capitano. 2023. Italy/Belgium/France. Directed by Matteo Garrone. Courtesy Cohen Media Group

For members at the Explore category and above, tickets will become available two weeks before the screening date, starting at 10:30 a.m. Additional tickets will be available to members and the general public one week before the screening date, also at 10:30 a.m. Please note that space is extremely limited and tickets will be in high demand.

Io Capitano. 2023. Italy/Belgium/France. Directed by Matteo Garrone. Screenplay by garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini, Andrea Tagliaferri. With Seydou Sarr, Issaka Sawadogo, Bamar Kane. Courtesy of Cohen Media Group. DCP. In Wolof, French; English subtitles. 121 min.

“Musician-turned-actor Seydou Sarr gives an impressive performance as Seydou, a Senegalese teenager who lives with his mother and younger sisters. Along with his cousin Moussa (Moustapha Fall), Seydou has been working odd jobs and saving money, preparing for a move to Italy. Along the way, they will contend with shakedowns from corrupt border guards, mistreatment from human traffickers, a dangerous and deadly crossing of the Sahara Desert, and imprisonment, abuse and modern-day slavery in Libya, before undertaking the final and most challenging step in their epic journey: a dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea in a rusty, dangerously overcrowded boat, with Seydou forced to navigate and pilot the ship himself” (Todd Hitchcock, AFI).

This film accompanies The Contenders 2023.

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