At The Movies: Io Capitano

Io Capitano is an Italian movie by filmmaker Matteo Garrone. Italy’s submission to the Oscars for Best Foreign Film, the movie is “an epic odyssey from West Africa to Italy told through the eyes and experiences of two Senegalese cousins — teenagers living in Dakar who yearn for a brighter future in Europe.”

Here is the trailer:

WaPo declares the movie “gorgeous at times yet also tough to watch.”

Io Capitano was released nationwide in the US on Friday (Feb. 23). Nationwide doesn’t include Norman, Oklahoma, but you big city types might be able to catch it in theaters. The sweeping desert scenes look like they’d be particularly stunning on the big screen.

-KitJ