''Basilicata Coast to Coast'' is a 2010 Italian comedy film directed by Rocco Papaleo. A South Korean remake named '' Blue Busking'' was released in 2017.

Plot

Nicola Palmieri ( Rocco Papaleo) is a high school math teacher with a passion for music. He is the frontman of a local music band he formed with a group of friends from

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. Guitarist Salvatore Chiarelli ( Paolo Briguglia) is a medical student who has somehow forgotten to graduate and fall in love; double bass player Franco Cardillo ( Max Gazzè) is a fisherman at whom love has taken away word and purpose in life; drummer Rocco Santamaria (

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), Salvatore's cousin, is a TV personality whose popularity is declining and hasn't been able to find a showbiz job in the last two years. During the Summer, the quartet decides to sign up for the national theater-song festival in Scanzano Jonico, renaming themselves "Le Pale Eoliche" (the windmill blades). To get from Maratea to Scanzano Jonico, they need to cross Basilicata from its coast on the

Tyrrhenian Sea The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian pe ...

to the one on the Ionian Sea. Nothing peculiar about this, with a little over 100 km to drive through in about one hour. That's when Nicola suggests leaving 10 days earlier and on foot, trying to find a purpose in life which they've lost. They set themselves on to a picaresque trip, followed by a local church TV crew along with bored local journalist Tropea Limongi ( Giovanna Mezzogiorno), daughter of a renowned local politician. During their long trek, the group walks through little-known backroads, with only a small wagon pulled by a white horse to transport supplies, instruments and two tents. They also rehearse the songs they will be performing at the festival, with impromptu concerts in the small villages they walk by. This journey will prove therapeutic for everybody: Salvatore finds the willpower to complete medical school; Rocco finds a normal job; Franco starts talking again, uncovering a deep feeling towards Tropea in the meantime; Nicola finally completes one of his projects, showing his wife that he can be an assertive man.

Cast

* Rocco Papaleo - Nicola Palmieri *

- Rocco Santamaria * Paolo Briguglia - Salvatore Chiarelli * Max Gazzè - Franco Cardillo *

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- Lucia * Giovanna Mezzogiorno - Tropea Limongi * Claudia Potenza - Maria Teresa *

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- Onorevole Limongi *

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- Carmine Crocco * Augusto Fornari - Press Agent * Antonio Andrisani - Prete

References

External links

* 2010 films 2010 comedy films Films set in Basilicata Italian comedy films 2010 directorial debut films 2010s Italian films Films about street performance {{2010s-Italy-comedy-film-stub