The Ciambra

About The Ciambra

Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in southern Italian town of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown.

The Ciambra (2017) is a crime film directed by Jonas Carpignano. It runs 118 minutes and was released in August 2017.

Its themes are italy, gypsy, sinti and romanies, and coming of age.

Pio Amato appears as Pio, Koudous Seihon as Ayiva, Damiano Amato as Cosimo, and Iolanda Amato as Iolanda. The screenplay is by Jonas Carpignano. Produced by Stay Gold Features. American members can watch it on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel.

Call Me by Your Name, Luca, and The Hand of God make useful companions to The Ciambra. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 179 votes.