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Marina (2013)

| Biography, Drama, Music | 6 November 2013 (Belgium)
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The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.

Director:

Stijn Coninx

Writers:

Stijn Coninx, Rik D'Hiet

Stars:

Luigi Lo Cascio, Donatella Finocchiaro, Matteo Simoni | See full cast & crew »
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12 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luigi Lo Cascio ... Salvatore
Donatella Finocchiaro ... Ida
Matteo Simoni ... Rocco
Evelien Bosmans ... Helena
Cristiaan Campagna Cristiaan Campagna ... Young Rocco
Marte Bosmans Marte Bosmans ... Young Helena
Maité Redal Maité Redal ... Wanda
Warre Borgmans Warre Borgmans ... Mister Somers
Chris van den Durpel Chris van den Durpel ... Tony Bruno
Flor Decleir ... Jacky
Jobst Schnibbe Jobst Schnibbe ... Hans Kumberger
Mattias Van de Vijver ... Renaat (as Mattias Van De Vijver)
Landerik Boie Landerik Boie ... Young Renaat (as Landerik Boe)
Federica Marinò Federica Marinò ... Young Wanda
Pieter-Jan De Wyngaert Pieter-Jan De Wyngaert ... Jos
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Storyline

Salvatore Granata is a rather poor man who lives with his wife, son and daughter in Calabria in Italy. One day Salvatore decides to move to Belgium to work in the coal mine of Waterschei as a "gastarbeider," an immigrant worker. His family will stay in Italy as Salvatore will only be in Belgium for three years. He hopes to earn much money in a rather small time frame so he can buy a forge for his son Rocco who is now still a 9 year old boy. After a year, Salvatore decides his family should be with him, so they also move to Belgium. They soon discover the life of a "gastarbeider" is difficult: they have to live in some kind of barracks, they are neglected by the Belgian people and they do not earn much. They are astonished when they hear Salvatore signed a contract of five years and children of "gastarbeiders" ought to work in the mines as soon they leave high school. Rocco meets Helena, the daughter of the local grocer. However, the man is a racist and forbids his daughter to play ... Written by diefartz

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Plot Keywords:

belgium | musician | accordion | male frontal nudity | male nudity | See All (38) »

Taglines:

A Story of Passion, Love, and Music.

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Music | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The real Rocco Granata plays the role of the accordion music shop owner. See more »

Goofs

There are several scenes where Matteo Simoni has to play the accordion. It is obvious Matteo cannot play the instrument at all as none of the keys he presses corresponds with what you actually hear. See more »

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Every musician bio-pic cliche strung together
20 April 2019 | by random-70778 – See all my reviews

I get that the fans of this performer would upvote and favorably review a bio-pic about him.

but as a film this is an amazingly turgid string of cliches and tropes, poor, sometimes absurd dialogue and no meaningful narrative. It is a boring predictable slog to watch it.
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Official Sites:

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Country:

Belgium | Italy

Language:

Flemish | Italian | French | Dutch

Release Date:

6 November 2013 (Belgium) See more »

Also Known As:

Marina See more »

Filming Locations:

Beringen, Belgium See more »
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,998,164
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, Les Films du Fleuve See more »
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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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