One of the most talked about films at the 68 th Berlin International Film Festival is Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo’s La terra dell’abbastanza (Boys Cry). According the Berlinale, the story centers on best friends, Mirko and Manolo who live in the suburbs of Rome with their single parents. Surrounded by poverty, the boys spend their days at high school and their nights delivering pizzas. One night, disaster strikes when a man steps in front of their car near the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. The boys flee the scene. Manolo’s father learns that the police believe the dead man to have been involved in a feud between two rival mafia groups. It transpires that the Mafiosi, several of whom went to school with Manolo’s father, had already singled out the deceased as a marked man. On account of this Manolo is given an introduction to the mob. He receives his first assignment – as a test. Mirko insists on accompanying him. Before long, Mirko in particular finds himself sucked into a
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