AMELUK

By Mimmo MANCINI

APULIA FILM COMMISSION - as FIN

Comedy - Completed 2013

A choral movie about Italy and Italian people, which tries to deal with an universal theme as the confrontation and the conflict among different faiths and cultures.
The focus is the complicated issue of immigration and integration among communities and religions, which inevitably result in racism and prejudice; fortunately,
the meanness and the provincialism of somebody is offset by solidarity and open-mindedness of others.

Festivals
& Awards

Religion Today Filmfestival 2014
Festival des Films du Monde 2015
    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Comedy
    • Countries
    • ITALY
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 98 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mimmo MANCINI
    • Writer(s)
    • Mimmo MANCINI, Carlo DELLONTE
    • Producer(s)
    • Luigi RICCI (RM Consulting)
    • Synopsis
    • It’s Good Friday. In Mariotto, a small town in the Apulia region (Southern Italy), everything is ready for the Way of the Cross but the interpreter of Jesus, the hairdresser
      Michele, has a sit on the crown of thorns. It is the beginning of the ordeal. The lighting technician, Jusuf, unknowingly sent into the fray by his pastor, replaces Michele in
      the role of Christ but he is a Muslim. The news cause a sensational reaction in the town and the public opinion of Mariotto splits in two. Jusuf, nicknamed Ameluk, in spite
      of himself, will be candidated for mayor in the local elections. Through dramatic moments and hilarious situations, Ameluk will bring back the peace in the town.