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Like many uninsightful fathers, Nicola is very ambitious and hardworking and perceives himself to be a failure. He has persuaded himself that the only good thing his thirteen-year-old son can possibly do is to work harder and smarter than he himself did, so that he, at least, can fulfill his father's dreams. This end justifies any number of beatings and scoldings, along with constant admonitions to study hard and work hard. As might be expected, this abuse has no effect whatsoever, as it is not based on the boy's own ambitions, which include becoming a championship runner. Despite his mother's attempts to protect him from his aggressively insensitive and stupid father, he gets shipped off to work with some rope manufacturers, who can be counted on to work him like a dog. Read More

Watch A Boy from Calabria online. Featuring Gian Maria Volontè and Diego Abatantuono, A Boy from Calabria is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 6.5. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in Italy and was released on 1987. A Boy from Calabria was directed by Luigi Comencini,Francesca Comencini. Read Less