Tomato
6.4
Kwaku, a young African medical student, arrives in Italy where he is to meet his brother Job (nicknamed Pummarò.) This one is a tomato picker in the Naples region and works in extreme conditions to be able to pay his brother's studies. But to Kwaku's dismay, Job has disappeared. The young student then decides to do everything he can to trace missing Pummarò.
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Cast
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Thywill Amenia
Kawaku
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Michele Placido
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Michele Placido Director · Sandro Petraglia Writer Stefano Rulli Writer
First release March 25, 1990 · Produced in Italy · Production Cineuropa '92, RAI
Production
Numero Uno International
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Cineuropa '92
Production
RAI
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Italy
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Original title
Pummarò
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · March 25, 1990
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No release date listed for United States.
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