Raised in a Somalia torn asunder by civil war and extremists increasingly gaining a foothold, Samia Yusuf Omar, an assertive, independent young woman, fights to realize her dream of becoming an Olympic athlete.

Director
Yasemin Şamdereli in collaborazione con Deka Mohamed Osman
Story
basato sul romanzo best seller "Non dirmi che hai paura" di Giuseppe Catozzella
Screenplay
Yasemin Şamdereli, Nesrin Şamdereli, Giuseppe Catozzella
Director of photography
Florian Berutti (DOP); Davide Pasian (Focus Puller); Francesca Gaia Cisotto (Camera 2nd assistant); Lorenzo Pulito e Laura Bolognino (Data manager); Edoardo Bechis (Video Assist)
Set Design
Paola Bizzarri (Set designer); Valeria Bottari (Set designer assistant); Luca Genesio (Prop master); Daniele Botta (Prop master assistant)
Costume Design
Silvia Nebiolo (Costume designer); Stefania Giordano (Assistant); Laura Busatta (Seamstress)
Sound
Antoine Vandendriessche (Fonico); Niccolò Bosio (Sound engineer); Andrea Canto (Boom operator)
Operator
Gerardo Fornari (Underwater set up supervisor); Angelo Russo (Sub assistant); Salvatore Bauccio (Sub Supervisor/apnea teacher).
Special Effects
Frank Kaminski
Make-up
Erika Truffelli (Make up artist/hair); Silvia Mastandrea (Make up artist/hair assistant); Giulia Bussone (Make up designer/hairdressing/costumes)
Segretario di edizione
Altri credits

Davide Spina (Location manager).

Giorgia Mosciarello (Amministratrice).

Enrico Aleotti e Gian Pietro Cambursano (Gaffer); Matteo Moretti (Electrician).

Massimiliano Nicotra (Key grip); Miha Sagadin e Milos Defilippis (Grip).

Cast and characters

llham Mohamed Osman, Fathia Mohamed Absie, Fatah Ghedi, Elmi Rashid Elmi, Waris Dirie, Riyan Roble, Zakaria Mohamed, Kaltuma Mohamed Abdi, Mohamed Abdullah Omar, Amina Mohamed, Shukri Hassan, Armaan Haggio

Executive production
Francesca Portalupi e Piergiuseppe Beppe Serra
Producer
Simone Catania, Dietmar Güntsche, Anja Karina Richter, Francesca Portalupi, Michele Fornasero, Martin Rohé, Joseph Rouschop, David Herdies, Riccardo Russo, Christoph Fisser
Production
Indyca srl con Rai Cinema, Neue Bioskop Film, Tarantula e Bim Produzione
con il sostegno di Film Commission Torino Piemonte, in coproduzione con Momento Film, Voo, Be.tv, Shelterprod e in collaborazione con Cinepostproduction e the Piranesi Experience
Assistente alla regia
Alberico Bonacci (1st assistant director); Deka Mohamed (2nd assistant director)
Assistente di produzione
Stefano Danusso e Davide Garino
Festival - markets - events

In concorso al Tribeca Film Festival di New York del 2024 nella sezione International Narrative Competition

Last update: 28 September 2024