After winning the Silver Lion for Best Director and the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, Matteo Garrone's "Io Capitano" is in the running for Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes, the awards ceremony of which will be held on January 7th.
"I hope my film will move people and touch their hearts. I'm very confident it will reach a broad and popular audience.", Garrone hoped after his victory in Venice. Now 'I Captain' is coming to the US (in US theaters from January 23rd) and is also dreaming of international recognition.
'I, the Captain' recounts the odyssey of Seydou (played by Seydou Sarr) and Moussa (played by Moustapha Fall), two young Senegalese men who leave their country to reach Europe. It's a quest for a better future. To achieve their dream, the two brave the desert, detention centers in Libya, and the Mediterranean Sea. Seydou and Moussa are teenage cousins born and raised in Dakar, but they desperately want to become music stars in Europe. Everyone in Senegal warns them against their plan, especially Seydou's mother, but the two protagonists' hunger for revenge prevails, and they secretly and stubbornly decide to attempt their great feat anyway.
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Seydou and Moussa's journey will prove to be an odyssey across the Sahara desert, littered with the corpses of those who didn't make it, Libyan prisons, and the endless, dangerous Mediterranean.
The thefts, violence, and abuses are countless, but there will also be gestures of humanity and kindness in the midst of hell. Above all, Seydou will have to discover what it means to take the helm of his own and others' lives in unmanageable circumstances. A powerful, contemporary story that shakes consciences and has also struck a chord with Pope Francis. Always at the forefront of immigration issues during his pontificate, Bergoglio received Matteo Garrone and the two protagonists last September. The film was also screened at the Vatican Film Library.
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