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Mediterranea

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • 1h 47m
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6.6/10
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Mediterranea (2015)
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Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and violence in this shocking look at the life-and-death struggle of refugees.Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and violence in this shocking look at the life-and-death struggle of refugees.Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and violence in this shocking look at the life-and-death struggle of refugees.

  • Director
    • Jonas Carpignano
  • Writer
    • Jonas Carpignano
  • Stars
    • Alassane Sy
    • Koudous Seihon
    • Adam Gnegne
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    1.7K
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    • Director
      • Jonas Carpignano
    • Writer
      • Jonas Carpignano
    • Stars
      • Alassane Sy
      • Koudous Seihon
      • Adam Gnegne
    • 8User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 14 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Alassane Sy
    • Abas
    Koudous Seihon
    Koudous Seihon
    • Ayiva
    Adam Gnegne
    • Mades
    Mary Elizabeth Innocence
    • Mary
    Pio Amato
    Pio Amato
    • Pio
    Zakaria Kbiri
    • Medhi
    Davide Schipilliti
    • Rocco
    Vincenzina Siciliano
    • Marta
    Joy Odundia
    • Petit Model
    • (as Joy 'Anabel' Odundia)
    Ousman Yabre
    • Ousman
    Francesco Papasergio
    • Mommo
    • (as Fracesco Scaramozzino)
    Annalisa Spirli
    • Annalisa
    Mimma Papasergio
    • Mimma
    Norina Ventre
    • Mama Africa
    • (as Norina 'Mamma Africa' Ventre)
    Ernest Zire
    • Arafat
    • (as Eresto Zire)
    Soulemane Aboulaye
    • Pompordoro
    • (as Soulemane 'Pomodoro' Aboulaye)
    Annalisa Pagano
    • Cristina Riso
    Serigne 'Chico' Baity Kane
    • Salif
    • Director
      • Jonas Carpignano
    • Writer
      • Jonas Carpignano
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Connections
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    • Soundtracks
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    User reviews8

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    Featured review
    7/10
    Unsensational take on immigration with a documentary feel
    I knew nothing about this film when I sat down to it as part of a project to choose films for distribution in the Czech Republic. I took to it fast. The hand-held camera takes some getting used to, and there were times when the action was unclear due to a lack of light. The style was appropriate for the most part, however, suiting the subject and setting. The main characters are sympathetic and their stories comprehensible from the start. The brothers Ayiva and Abas we travel with from a few minutes into the film, are believably differentiated throughout. I personally understood Ayiva, whose POV the film takes, and who seemed to take a rope-a-dope stance to anything the world could throw at him, but could understand why his brother might look down on him for it.

    The film is gentle. Never preachy. The acting is natural. I have come across references to the main characters having been played by non-actors, with Ayiva played by a refugee whose story resembles his character's. True or not, it feels real enough. For most of the film, the story of the refugees life here stands in relation to many other similarly-themed films as Jarhead stands to other war films: though there is action, it's low key, with much of it relating to work, to getting hands on a bargain, Skypeing home, the rituals of food. In the last third of the film, this changes somewhat, but if the pace steps up, it is never long frenetic.

    In 2015, this is an important film that deserves some real success.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 20, 2015 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
      • United States
      • Germany
      • Qatar
    • Languages
      • French
      • Italian
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Akdeniz
    • Filming locations
      • Italy
    • Production companies
      • Audax Films
      • Court 13 Pictures
      • DCM Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,076
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,846
      • Nov 22, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $46,392
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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