Bobò

Bobò

2025 · 81 min · ★ 6.5 · Documentary, Drama

The true story of Bobò, a deaf-mute, illiterate, and microcephalic man whom Pippo Delbono met in the mental asylum of Aversa, where Bobò lived for 46 years.

Directed by Pippo Delbono

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