original title:
Miracle at St. Anna
directed by:
cast:
Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi, Omero Antonutti, Massimo De Santis, John Turturro, Chiara Francini, Federigo Ceci, Giselda Volodi, Giulia Weber, Luigi Lo Cascio, Max Malatesta, Michele De Virgilio, Sergio Albelli, Omar Benson Miller, Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso
screenplay:
James McBride, in collaboration with Francesco Bruni
cinematography:
Matthew Libatique
editing:
Barry Brown
set design:
costume design:
music:
producer:
production:
On My Own, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, Buffalo Soldiers in Italy
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy/Usa
year:
2008
film run:
166'
format:
35mm - colour
release date:
03/10/2008
festivals & awards:
Tuscany, 1944. Four soldiers in the 92nd fight together on the front, but they also argue among themselves about the merits of fighting for America. Staff Sergeant Stamps, Sergeant Cummings, Corporal Negron and the towering Sam Train come to depend on one another in the constantly shifting reality of the war, but they are deeply divided as men and as black men in particular. Some pin their hopes on improved rights in the United States after the war; others have seen enough injustice to have lost all trust in the wisdom of the American dream and the predominantly white officers who embody it.
From the book by James McBride, with the same name.