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Tomato
Kwaku, a young African medical student, arrives in Italy where he is to meet his brother Job (nicknamed Pummarò.) This one is a tomato picker in the Naples region and works in extreme conditions to be able to pay his brother's studies. But to Kwaku's dismay, Job has disappeared. The young student then decides to do everything he can to trace missing Pummarò.
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Kwaku, a young African medical student, arrives in Italy where he is to meet his brother Job (nicknamed Pummarò.) This one is a tomato picker in the Naples region and works in extreme conditions to be able to pay his brother's studies. But to Kwaku's dismay, Job has disappeared. The young student then decides to do everything he can to trace missing Pummarò.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Michele Placido, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
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Runtime:102 minutes
Studio:Numero Uno International, Cineuropa '92, RAI
Cast
Michele Placido
Director
Thywill Amenia
Kawaku
Pamela Villoresi
Eleonora
Franco Interlenghi
Protettore delle prostitute
Jacqueline Williams
Nanou
Gerardo Scala
"Il Professore"
Nicola Di Pinto
Palombo
Tom Felleghy
Commissario polizia tedesco
Stephen Asenso- Donkor
Isidore
Michele Placido
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
Salvatore Billa
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