Macon Film Guild Presents: "Io Capitano"

Seydou lives with his widowed mother and little sisters in Dakar. They are poor and live cramped together under the roof of a tiny, ramshackle house, but their family life is happy. Seydou’s mother thinks he has been playing football all day, but the 16-year-old has secretly taken a day job as a laborer, being paid cash in hand. His cousin Moussa acts as treasurer and buries the accumulating money in the sand, digging it out every now and then to count and recount it. The money represents their dream to travel to Europe and become famous pop stars. The two boys take off in the middle of the night on a long, cramped bus ride to Agadez in Niger, the first leg of a journey that will take them through the Sahara Desert to Tripoli, and from there to Italy.

Awards:
Academy Award Nominee for Best International Feature Film
European Film Award Nominee for Best Director and Best Film
Golden Globe Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film