Me Captain

Date:: from 30 Mar 2024

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A thrilling phantasmagorical journey of two teenagers towards their dream of Europe and fame.

Io capitano
2023, Matteo Garrone

Italy–Belgium–France
121 minutes, Wolof with Russian subtitles

Starring: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo, Hichem Yacoubi

16-year-old Seydou dreams of a real music career, and his cousin Moussa encourages him to fast-track it by leaving his native Dakar and finding a way to get to Europe. The cousins have no idea what trials await them on the long journey through the Sahara, refugee camps and the gruesome machinations of human traffickers.

Shot from Me Captain, 2023

Garrone invites you into a story and demands your attention with visual clarity and narrative urgency. Yet his great strength here is the tenderness of his touch.

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

The story of two Senegalese migrants could have been a sombre, didactic drama, but the director turns it into an epic and colourful, almost adventurous modern odyssey. The protagonist is played by Senegalese TikTok star Seydou Sarr.

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