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Mediterranea
Directed by
Jonas Carpignano
Not Rated
2015
1h 47m
Drama
6.6
90%
53%
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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.
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Cast of Mediterranea
Koudous Seihon
Ayiva
Alassane Sy
Abas
Francesco Papasergio
Mommo
Pio Amato
Pio
Vincenzina Siciliano
Marta
Jonas Carpignano
Director / Writer
Jason Michael Berman
Producer
Chris Columbus
Producer
Eleanor Columbus
Producer
Mediterranea Ratings & Reviews
Vogue
Julia Felsenthal
Mediterranean [is] a beautiful, tough-to-take look at the plight of migrants. It's also a bit of a wrist slap, and a necessary one.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A timely humanistic immigration film.
The Film Stage
Giovanni Marchini Camia
Though realized with great empathy and tact, the film fails to convey the catastrophic extent of the situation it addresses by keeping its narrative too tightly focused.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
This debut feature from director Jonas Carpignano is often both harrowing and moving though this film festival favorite...falls short of some of the similar, and even more tragic, stories that can be heard just by turning on the news.
BuzzFeed News
Alison Willmore
It's a slow-burn study in feeling powerless and unwelcome, anchored by Seihon's performance as a man patient and adept at sussing out and adapting to what others need until he just can't do it any longer.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Sad story about the struggles of two brothers from Burkina Faso who journey to Italy in hopes of finding a better life.
Paste Magazine
Andy Crump
If you're the sort to wonder what it is that drives people to leave their homes to find work in other countries, or even other continents, then think of the film as an educational experience.
The Playlist
Jessica Kiang
"Mediterranea" does not solely owe its topicality to recent events, like the tragic sinking of an immigrant boat bound for Italy off the coast of Libya that resulted in 400 deaths, it will induce a shiver of recognition for American viewers too.
RogerEbert.com
Godfrey Cheshire
Offers a deliberately muted, finely textured account of the ordeals many Africans endure both before and after voyages to Europe in search of better lives.
Los Angeles Times
Martin Tsai
Carpignano glosses over much of the sociopolitical context in his depictions of the chain of events.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
This calm, hardheaded film never sacrifices its toughness for a swooning, misty-eyed moment of hope.
Film Journal International
David Noh
Too much directorial obfuscation keeps this powerful refugee tale from being as potent as it could be.
AV Club
Noel Murray
There's a specificity to Mediterranea that at times makes it feel like an actual documentary.
Village Voice
Nick Schager
A piercing character study whose narrow view frustrates complete empathy.
Slant Magazine
Clayton Dillard
The film is unwaveringly attentive to problematizing the dividing line between predator and prey.
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Louis Proyect
Both topically and dramatically, this is a film that matters more than most when immigration has reached an explosive status with people fleeing misery being blamed for the Paris terrorist attack.
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
[Director] Carpignano has discovered a genuine performer with charisma and confidence in Koudous Seihon.
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