Matteo Sciabordi Movies
Italian performer Matteo Sciabordi debuted onscreen on a prestigious note as a child actor, by fleshing out a pivotal role for celebrated director Spike Lee in that filmmaker's period drama Miracle at St. Anna (2008). In the motion picture, Sciabordi portrays a young Italian tyke saved by a platoon of American soldiers during World War II whose rescue invariably causes the military men to get left behind by their squadron. Sciabordi starred in the film opposite Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, and others. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Spike Lee's World War II film Miracle at St. Anna begins in 1983 with Hector Negron, a veteran of that war, unexpectedly shooting a customer dead. Police discover that the suspect, a quiet postal worker, kept a statue head worth millions of dollars in his apartment. An eager young reporter (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) interviews Negron in his cell about the mysterious artifact. While serving in the all-minority 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division, Negron and three comrades managed to sneak deep into enemy territory in Italy. One of the men, Sam Train (Omar Benson Miller), picked the head up while they were serving in Florence and believes it brings him good luck. Negron (Laz Alonso), Train, and Bishop Cummings (Michael Ealy), along with their sergeant, Aubrey Stamps (Derek Luke), take refuge in the Italian village of St. Anna, harbored by locals who are resisting the Nazis -- who themselves surround the area. Train also protects an injured Italian boy he discovers while investigating a seemingly abandoned dwelling. Eventually, the soldiers make contact with their superiors, and are ordered to capture a German so that he may be interrogated about an upcoming attack. Lee adapted Miracle at St. Anna from a novel by James McBride, who also penned the screenplay. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, (more)
