The harrowing migrant story of ‘Io Capitano’ is pope-approved
Landing roles in Matteo Garrone’s “Io Capitano” was a life-changing experience for Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall. The young Senegalese actors were cast to play African migrants Seydou and Moussa, respectively. Two young men hoping to live out their dreams in Europe and, eventually, the United States, after crossing the African continent and the Mediterranean Sea. Their director, best known for 2008’s “Gomorrah,” threw them a curveball for their first real professional gigs, though. It turns out no one in the cast ever had a complete screenplay.
