Drama

Mediterranea (2015): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot

Name: Mediterranea
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-11-20
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Cast: Koudous Seihon, Alassane Sy

Mediterranea is a 2015 drama directed by Jonas Carpignano, starring Koudous Seihon and Alassane Sy. It runs 1 hour 47 minutes and earned $46,392 worldwide. It earned 3 award nominations, including Best First Feature at the Spirit Awards 2016. Critics gave it 90% on Rotten Tomatoes and 77 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 6.6/10.

IMDb rating: 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
worldwide gross: $46.4K
award nominations: 3

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Released: November 20, 2015
Runtime: 1h 47m (107 min)
Director: Jonas Carpignano
Genre: Drama
Original language: French
Studio: Sundance Selects
After the credits: No No extra scene

The story

What Is Mediterranea About?

The premise of Mediterranea without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

Driven by the dream of a better future for their families, two friends from Burkina Faso, Ayiva and Abas, embark on a dangerous journey to Italy. They endure numerous trials, including encounters with desert bandits and a treacherous sea crossing. Upon reaching their destination, they face harsh realities and experience hostility and violence as they struggle to build a new life and find a place to belong.

Mediterranea Themes & Keywords

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Cast & crew

Mediterranea Cast

Koudous Seihon leads the cast, with Alassane Sy. Directed by Jonas Carpignano.

Director Jonas Carpignano

From the director

More from Jonas Carpignano

More films directed by Jonas Carpignano, best-rated first: A Ciambra, A Chiara, To Chiara and The Ciambra.

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Ratings

Mediterranea Reviews & Ratings

Critics gave Mediterranea 90% on Rotten Tomatoes and 77 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 6.6/10.

IMDb

6.6 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes

90% Tomatometer

Popcornmeter 53%
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Metacritic

77 Metascore

User score 8.4
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TMDB

67% User score
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Letterboxd

3.6 /5

4 ratings
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Plot

Mediterranea Plot Summary

What happens in Mediterranea from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 11 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

In a grueling journey from Burkina Faso to Europe, Ayiva Ayiva makes his way through Algeria and Libya, ultimately reaching Italy. He pays for his passage and witnesses fellow compatriots being robbed along the way, a stark reminder of the perilous path many refugees endure in pursuit of a safer life. In southern Italy, he finds himself living in a squatted property, eking out a living with orange picking and small-scale theft, all while sending money back to his family in Africa. The harsh reality of exploitation—where Africans are treated as cheap labor and not fully welcomed by locals—permeates his daily life, even as he is welcomed into the home of one Italian family, the Fondacaro family.

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