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Jan 25, 2018 · Pio Amato stars in A Cambria, a film about 14-year-old Romani boy who's older than his years. The chain-smoking, beer-swilling protagonist of A Ciambra is a one-man crime wave. When his...
Jan 18, 2018 · Sometimes at night, Pio (Pio Amato), a 14-year-old Roma boy living on the rough edge of the southern Italian town of Gioia Tauro, sees the specter of his grandfather’s horse wandering...
- Jonas Carpignano
In A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region's factions - the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani.
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- Crime, Drama
- Jonas Carpignano
- 2018-01-26
A Ciambra is a 2017 Italian drama film directed by Jonas Carpignano, starring Pio Amato as a Romani teenager in Calabria. The film won the Europa Cinemas Label Award at Cannes and the David di Donatello for best director and screenplay.
Pio Amato is an Italian actor who has appeared in films such as A Ciambra, No Time to Die and Mediterranea. IMDb provides his biography, awards, contact info, resume and credits.
- Actor
- 2 min
The director of 'A Ciambra' talks about his unique style of filmmaking with real people from a Romani community in Calabria, Italy. He reveals how he adapted to their rhythms, used their stories, and worked with Pio Amato, the charismatic 14-year-old star of the film.
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May 18, 2017 · Director Jonas Carpignano doesn’t remember the first time he met his A Ciambra star Pio Amato. But 15-year-old Amato does. In 2011, Carpignano was shooting the short film A Chjana when one of...
