Director
Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi
Music (original)
Almamegretta
Cast
Gianluca Di Gennaro, Carmine Recano, Arturo Paglia, Miriam Candurro, Emanuela Garuccio
Edition 2004
94'
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2004
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Crime, Drama
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Format:
35mm
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Dialogue:
Italian
Eleven-year-old Rosario lives in a cheerless apartment in the suburbs with his sick grandmother who spends most of the day in bed. He and a couple of friends spend time slacking off between a dive pub and the Las Vegas gambling joint. They smoke, drink and steal, imitating the worst of the adult world they see around them. The laughter that once graced their faces as children has been replaced by a queer, ambiguous smile bearing witness to myriad painful experiences. The makers of "Certi Bambini" (based upon the novel by Diego De Silva) have placed incidents from the boys’ lives in extensive flashbacks, mental flights Rosario embarks upon during long subway rides. With every new abrupt closing of the train doors, the boy drags us into his recent past and presents the three most influential people in his life: the admired Santino, the feared Damiano and the alluring Caterina. This fascinating film bears cruel witness to how easy it is for a troubled child to get mixed up in Naples camorra.
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Credits
Directors
Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi
Music (original)
Almamegretta
Cast
Gianluca Di Gennaro, Carmine Recano, Arturo Paglia, Miriam Candurro, Emanuela Garuccio
Scenario
Andrea Frazzi, Diego de Silva, Marcello Fois, Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani
Director of Photography
Paolo Carnera
Editors
Claudio M. Cutry
Producers
Rosario Rinaldo
Sales agent
Adriana Film Distribution
Production studios
Pequod SRL
Distributor
Imagine Film Distribution
More info
Dialogue
Italian
Countries of production
Italy
Screenplay based on
Certi bambini (Diego de Silva)
Year
2004
Technical Specs
Format
35mm