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OXNARD — The Oxnard Film Society to present screening of “‘IO CAPITANO” from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 6.
Our Film Series screens (usually) two films each month, on the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas in downtown Oxnard.
IO CAPITANO
2023 Italy 2hr 2minutes
Drama NR
In Wolof and French with English subtitles
NOMINATED for Academy Award for Best International Film.
In this acclaimed film which won top directing and acting prizes at the Venice Film Festival, writer-director Garrone presents a “reverse shot” of the immigration experience while unfurling an epic, cinematographically magnificent odyssey from West Africa to Italy. The story is told through the mind’s eye and experiences of two Senegalese teenagers living in Dakar who yearn for a brighter future in Europe. Yet between their dreams and reality lies a treacherous journey through a labyrinth of checkpoints, the scorched Saharan desert, a fetid North African prison and the vast waters of the Mediterranean where thousands have died packed inside vessels barely fit for passage.
We will continue our mission of providing the best of world cinema to the Oxnard and Ventura County community and supporting local filmmakers.
We’d like to thank the Port of Hueneme for becoming a 2023-24 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.
Thanks and stay safe. George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
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