Two Senegalese teenagers, Seydou and Moussa travel from Dakar to Europe in the hope of becoming pop stars, finding danger, heartbreak, and unexpected joy along the way.
★★★★★
Indiewire – “A Hero’s Journey… Utterly Stunning. Garrone’s film has a three-dimensional and devastatingly realized human soul at its core. The world could do with paying attention to Seydou’s story and the millions of other real ones like it.” (full review here)
Los Angelas”You can get the facts about these migrants anywhere, but Garrone knows the tool of cinema is more effective. By presenting these adolescents in all their fragility and strength, he comes as close as is possible to getting us to feel how they felt. “Io Capitano” is as unflinching as it is robust with empathy.” (full review here)
