Trailer for Marina.
Italy, 1948. Young Rocco is growing up in impoverished Calabria. One day his father Salvatore decides to move the family to Belgium where he can earn a lot of money by working in the coal mines. Rocco becomes a migrant overnight, but he wants to fit in and make something of himself. His talent with the accordion helps a lot. Against his father’s wishes and better judgment, Rocco seeks an escape through music. This raucous story is based on the childhood memories of the beloved vocalist Rocco Granata (watch for his cameo as the generous proprietor of a musical instruments shop), and named after one of his biggest hits.
There are the usual tragic-comic interludes of a teenager finding his feet, but at the heart of the story are the love and conflicts between a father and his son. The father chose to move to Belgium, but in his mind he stayed in Italy. As for the son, he had no choice, but he discovered an artistic bridge between the two cultures.