Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten(2019)

Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten Synopsis

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.

Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten (2019) is a drama film directed by Mimmo Calopresti, released on November 21, 2019 with a runtime of 1h 27m. It stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Francesco Colella, Marcello Fonte and Marco Leonardi. Viewers rate it 6.3 out of 10 across 65 ratings.