Report

Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten

2019 � 6.5/10

Drama

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 maﬁoso Don Totó, who is determined to ensure this the town remains cut off, and thus, under his power.

Release Date

11/21/2019

Runtime

1 hour and 27 minutes

Director

Mimmo Calopresti