Mediterranea
Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy in the hope of a better life
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Original title
Mediterranea
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Year
2015
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Country
Italia, Frankrike, USA, Tyskland, Qatar
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Duration
110 min.
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Language
Fransk, italiensk, engelsk og arabisk
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Director
Jonas Carpignano
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Screenwriter
Jonas Carpignano
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Cast
Koudous Seihon, Alassane Sy, Pio Amato
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Ayiva leaves his home in Burkina Faso to provide for his family. He takes advantage of his position in an illegal smuggling operation to journey to Italy with his friend Abas. They adapt to their new life there, but when tensions with the local community rise, things become increasingly dangerous.
Mediterranea is an energetic and compelling story about one of the persons behind the headlines. Director Jonas Carpignano wanted to make a film not of migrants but with migrants. Carpignano is half Italian and half American and lives in southern Italy. Almost every actor on screen in Mediterranea are themselves migrants and contributed with their personal stories during production. Carpignano learned this collective way of film making while working on Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin.
«Sterk og viktig»
«Filmskaperen Jonas Carpignano makter det nyhendemedia sjeldan greier: Han får oss ikkje til å undrast over eller synast synd på flyktningane som kjem over Middelhavet. Carpignano får oss til å identifisera oss med dei»
«Glitrende ... Middelhavet er viktig – for med denne filmen får vi endelig en solid fortelling om et par flyktninger, fra deres perspektiv, uten sødme og moralisering»