Plots(1)
A film on Nigerian emigration to Rome, seen through the eyes of the migrants themselves. The Torino Boys are a group of young Nigerians who travel down from Turin to Rome to watch a football match where one of their compatriots is playing. They meet the Roma Girls, with whom they discuss the problems of a community transplanted from the other side of the world, struggling to find its place within an indifferent society. Torino Boys tells a love story that offers a social cross-section unprecedented in Italian film production. Touching on topics such as trafficking, prostitution, marginalisation, extended family, soul music, hairstyles and even magic. Told with a light and good-humoured tone that conceals deep intentions, Torino Boys also features a hip-hop soundtrack that has made history in modern Italian music. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Gisella Burinato
Italy
Best movies:
Shelter Me (2007)
Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
Mafalda di Savoia - Il coraggio di una principessa (2006) (TV movie)
Massimo Sarchielli
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1988) (TV movie)
Il papa buono (2003) (TV movie)
The Conformist (1970)
Massimo Pittarello
Best movies:
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Artemisia (1997)
Sesso e volentieri (1982)