Completed - Drama
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Jonas CARPIGNANO
A Ciambra follows the story of Pio Amato a young Romani boy living in Southern Italy. Pio, the youngest of ten children, is in a hurry to grow up. At age eleven he already drinks, smokes and follows his older brother Cosimo (18) everywhere he goes. One night while going to kidnap some cars Cosimo and his team mistakenly take a car belonging to the wrong person. The next day the local Mafia boss who reigns over the Ciambra, issues a warning to everyone. The car must be returned along with an "apology fee". Cosimo, anxious to resolve the problem sets out to make the money and in the process gets caught and thrown in prison. Pio, despite being distraught by his brother’s capture takes it upon himself to find the money to cancel the debt. He begins working with Ayiva, a Burkinabe’ man living in a neighboring town, to find the money. As time passes and pressure mounts, Pio’s family considers leaving the Ciambra and breaking up the family. Leaving the Ciambra is Pio’s nightmare, and in the end Pio must decide how far he is willing to go to keep the family together.
Country(ies) : ITALY
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