‘I was so angry’: the man who inspired Oscar-nominated film recalls epic journey from Ivory Coast to Italy

Io Capitano brings to life the traumatic experience of tens of thousands of people who flee across the Mediterranean each year

The first time Mamadou Kouassi watched the Oscar-nominated film that was inspired by his life, he wanted to smash the screen.

He had spent “about 250 hours” speaking to director Matteo Garrone – initially via video call early in the pandemic, then holed up at Garrone’s home in Rome – about his brutal three year-journey from west Africa to Europe. Over food and drink, late into the night, they dissected every line of the 300-page script, fine-tuning details in a process Kouassi says “brought peace to my soul”. Continue reading...


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