''I, the Other'' ( it, Io, l'altro, also known as ''Me, The Other'') is a 2007 Italian drama film about two fishermen, directed by
Mohsen Melliti
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. The film won three
Italian Golden Globes
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, for best first work, best actor (to
Raoul Bova
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), and best cinematography.
Cast
Plot
Giuseppe (
Raoul Bova
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) and Yousef (
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) are two fishermen bound by a long friendship. Giuseppe, an Italian, and Yousef, an Arab, both work together on the same boat. Out at sea, the two share everything, even the same first name.
One day, Giuseppe hears a disturbing report on the ship's radio. The report is a warning about a suspected terrorist who happens to have the same name as Giuseppe's trusted partner: Yousef Ben Ali. Giuseppe suspects that he is being double-crossed by his once faithful friend.
A cat-and-mouse game ensues, as the two try to outwit each other aboard the ship, alone in the middle of the sea.
Filming location
The entire film was filmed off the coast of
Ponza
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, the largest of the
Pontine Islands
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.
See also
*
Movies about immigration to Italy The filmography on immigration in Italy is a phenomenon started with the arrival of the first migratory flows in Italy, since the 1990s.
Italian films
1988 - 1999
* Emir Kusturica, '' Time of the Gypsies'' (United Kingdom/Italy/Yugoslavia, 1988)
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References
External links
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2006 films
2006 drama films
2000s Italian-language films
Films set in Italy
Films about immigration
Italian drama films
2000s Italian films
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