A Ciambra

A Ciambra is a 2017 Italian drama film directed by Jonas Carpignano. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes in won the Europa Cinemas Label Award. It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Plot.
Fourteen-year-old Pio Amato idolizes his older brother in their small Romani community in Calabria. Challenges mount after his older brother disappears.
Reception.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87% based on 47 reviews, and an average rating of 7.1/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".