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

Top Cast

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Giulia

Francesco Colella

Peppe

Marcello Fonte

Ciccio Italia

Marco Leonardi

Cosimo

Sergio Rubini

Don Totò

Elisabetta Gregoraci

Maria

Romina Mondello

Cicca

C

Carlo Marrapodi

Massaro Salvatore

Francesco Grillo

Andrea

Fabrizio Gifuni

Fulvio Lucisano

Anziano ritornato ad Africo