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Film Info

Italy 2023 Director: Matteo Garrone

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Synopsis

IO CAPITANO (ME CAPTAIN) tells the adventurous journey of two young men, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe. A contemporary Odyssey through the pitfalls of the desert, the horrors of detention centres in Libya and the dangers of the sea.

Cast & Crew

Director

Matteo Garrone
Producer

Matteo Garrone, Paolo Del Brocco, Ardavan Safaee, Joseph Rouschop
Screenwriter

Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini, Andrea Tagliaferri
Director of photography

Paolo Carnera
Main Cast

Seydou Sarr (Seydou), Moustapha Fall (Moussa)
Casting

Amine Louadni, Francesco Vedovati, Constance Demontoy, Imane Djonne
Editor (Cut)

Marco Spoletini
Sound

Mirko Perri, Maricetta Lombardo, Daniela Bassani
Original Score

Andrea Farri
Production Design

Dimitri Capuani
VFX Supervisor

Laurent Creusot
Costume Design

Stefano Ciammitti
Makeup

Dalia Colli

Director's comment

IO CAPITANO recounts the epic journey of two young men from Senegal who make their way across Africa—and through myriad dangers—in pursuit of a dream called Europe.
We began work on the film by listening to the actual accounts of people who survived this contemporary odyssey, and we decided to orient the camera from their perspective: a sort of reverse shot compared to the images we’re used to seeing from our western perspective in an attempt to finally give voice to those who don’t usually have one.