Migrant’s three brutal years trying to reach Italy inspired the Oscar-nominated film âIo Capitanoâ
CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy — Mamadou Kouassiâs searing, epic journey over African deserts, through illegal prisons and across the Mediterranean Sea in a smugglersâ boat informed Italian director Matteo Garroneâs Oscar-nominated film âIo Capitano.â Some episodes that the Ivorian migrant witnessed on his three-year odyssey were too strong to make the final cut. Garroneâs film, which … Read more
