Lyrical, harrowing ‘Io Capitano’ offers epic immigration tale
“Io Capitano,” directed by Matteo Garrone, is an immigrant saga told almost entirely from the perspective of two teenagers from Senegal. They flee their homeland to pursue a pipe dream of pop music stardom in Italy, only to be brutally beaten down en route.
The enormity of their ordeal is belied by the film’s opening section. Sixteen-year-old Seydou (Seydou Sarr) and his cousin and best buddy Moussa
