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  • 2018
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2018
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 58 m

Summary 14-year-old Pio (Pio Amato) wants nothing more than the respect of his older brother, whom he emulates in every way—including his career as a petty criminal. When both his father and brother are arrested, Pio is determined to prove that he can step up and be the head of his sprawling Romani family. But a fateful night and a wrenching dec...

Directed By: Jonas Carpignano

Written By: Jonas Carpignano

  • 2018
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2018
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 58 m

A Ciambra

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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Summary 14-year-old Pio (Pio Amato) wants nothing more than the respect of his older brother, whom he emulates in every way—including his career as a petty criminal. When both his father and brother are arrested, Pio is determined to prove that he can step up and be the head of his sprawling Romani family. But a fateful night and a wrenching dec...

Directed By: Jonas Carpignano

Written By: Jonas Carpignano

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
15 Reviews
12% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
70
88% Positive
15 Reviews
12% Mixed
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0% Negative
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80
Jun 26, 2018
What a rush of storytelling energy and style.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 1, 2018
Jonas Carpignano’s second feature — and Italy’s entry for this year’s foreign-language Oscar — is shockingly alive, startlingly accomplished and remarkably acute. It’s a neo-realist study of a kid with special gifts for leadership, daring and friendship. And for stealing everything in sight.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 26, 2018
A Ciambra is not big on plot, instead relying on its main character and his dangerous and frustrating escapades to generate empathy.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 19, 2018
The film treads familiar territory when it’s trying to carve cinema-worthy myth from its semi-fictitious protagonist’s life, but its more impressionistic, painterly moments are what feel truly fresh.
By Emily Yoshida FULL REVIEW
70
May 28, 2017
Overall, Pio's accelerated passage from adolescence to adulthood is depicted with moving honesty and sensitivity.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
67
May 27, 2017
Sorely lacking the energy that made “Mediterranea” such a vital shot in the arm, A Ciambra is a half-step backward for Carpignano, whose clear sense of place is too often hampered by shapeless plot.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
58
Jan 23, 2018
The result is busy, murky, and remote. It doesn’t have the leftie political clarity of Ken Loach, the purposeful intensity of the Dardenne brothers, or even the character development of Ramin Bahrani’s early features.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW

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6.7
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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Production Company Stay Gold Features, Stayblack, RT Features, Rai Cinema, DCM Productions, Haut et Court, Sikelia Productions, Film i Väst, Filmgate Films, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT), Lucana Film Commission, Calabria Film Commission, DCM Pictures, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement International
Release Date Jan 26, 2018
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating Unrated
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Website https://www.hakkadistribution.com/hakka-film/a-ciambra/
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Awards

CinEuphoria Awards
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations
David di Donatello Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Jameson CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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