The Ciambra
Seen it?2017 | 118 min | Crime, Drama
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
It earned strong reviews (90% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans. If you loved Mean Streets or The Talented Mr. Ripley, start here. Critics rate it higher than audiences do, so it rewards patience more than it chases thrills.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 58 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Audiences were cooler on it than critics.
Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in southern Italian town of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown. One night Pio sets out to prove to his brother that he is as good or better than him but, when things go wrong, a series of events will forever change the way he sees the world.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
90% on Rotten Tomatoes, 70 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.1 out of 10
- AwardsWeak
1 win and 1 nomination from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$105K worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Jonas Carpignano
- Pio AmatoPio
- Koudous SeihonAyiva
- Damiano AmatoCosimo
- Iolanda AmatoIolanda
- Patrizia AmatoPatrizia
- Rocco AmatoRocco
- Susanna AmatoSusanna
- Francesco Pio AmatoKeko O'Marrochinu
- Mark BenjaminBenjamin
- ChaskuAmerican Boy