Overview: At the end of the 1950s in Africo, a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time. No road connects Africo with the other villages. In the wake of this tragedy, all of Africo’s citizens -including children - abandon their usual occupations and unite to build their own road. Giulia, the new schoolteacher, comes from the North with a mission to teach standard Italian to help bring cultural cohesion with Africo and the rest of Italy. But she will have to contend with the local maļ¬oso Don Totó, who is determined to ensure this the town remains cut off, and thus, under his power.
Director: Mimmo Calopresti
Release Date: 2019-11-21
Genres:
Drama
