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- Io Capitano is a well-balanced drama that tells the odyssey of the Africans who seek fortune in Europe. It’s not an easy watch, punctuated by a lack of human rights, exploitation and death. It’s worth seeing since it tells a documentary story through an emotional cinema that brings new characters and an untold story.
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Feb 23, 2024 · “Io Capitano” plays like it was made for the Best International Feature Oscar race. It’s a type of film — usually middle-of-the-road, always well-intentioned — that’s designed to tug on the heartstrings of Oscar voters, putting a prestige gloss onto “important” stories, securing its country’s all-important ballot slot in the ...
Apr 4, 2024 · The film makes brilliant if often harrowing cinema. But Garrone’s boldest strokes are also subtle. To centre the story on characters fleeing war would stir instant western sympathies. Instead...
Feb 22, 2024 · Critic’s Pick. ‘Io Capitano’ Review: A Migration Odyssey. The Italian director of the film “Gomorrah” focuses his tender yet unsparing lens on two teenage boys journeying from their home in...
Apr 4, 2024 · Like wounded animals circled by vultures, Io Capitano shows how exploitation stalks them on every step of their journey, long before they get to Europe.
- Matteo Garrone
Sep 7, 2023 · Garrone's film hinges on one of the most impressive and transfixing acting debuts in recent memory, from breakout Seydou Sarr. Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 ...
Feb 23, 2024 · The captivating new drama Io Capitano has the most restless and adventurous spirit of all. Directed by the Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone, it tells the story of Seydou, a 16-year-old who...
Sep 7, 2023 · Italian director Matteo Garrone’s emotionally searing but ultimately uplifting epic, on the other hand, confines itself to the experience of Seydou, a 16-year-old boy from Senegal.
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