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The Boy from Taurianova

Victoria, Australia, 2003
film

Rocco arrived from Calabria in 1962 at the age of 19 and immediately started his working life on a potato farm in Ballarat. He lovingly dedicates this story o..

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Next generation

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The Artist, the Peasant = L'artista, Il Contadino

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