The children of the night: a film about the feeling of abandonment set in the heart of the Alps

The children of the night: a film about the feeling of abandonment set in the heart of the Alps

In cinemas the film The Children of the Night, first work by Andrea De Sica. The young director is the granddaughter of the great Vittorio and the son of Manuel, a musician and author of unforgettable soundtracks. He worked alongside great directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Ferzan Ozpetek, Daniele Vicari and Vincenzo Marra after he formed at CSC.

The film was greeted by very flattering judgments of criticism.

Synopsis

Julius is a 17-year-old from a good family who finds himself catapulted into the nightmare of loneliness and rigid discipline of a college for offspring of high society.

A kind of "golden prison" isolated in the Alps, where the "executives of the future" are formed. Internet gagged, phone given for half an hour a day, but what is worse violence and threats from the older "boys" in the apparent compliance of adults.

Giulio survives through friendship with Edoardo, another guest of the college.

The two boys become inseparable and begin to build night escapes from the prison school, to a forbidden place in the heart of the wood where they know the young prostitute Elena.

But the transgression is part of the training offer, the college knows everything about the venue and night outings, educators, including Mathias, constantly watch out, staying in the shadows ...

Cast

Vincenzo Crea, Ludovico Succio, Fabrizio Rongione, Yuliia Sobol, Luigi Bignone, Pietro Monfreda and Michael Bernhard Plattner with the friendly participation of Dario Cantarelli.

Technical Cast

Subject and screenplay Andrea De Sica and Mariano Di Nardo in collaboration with Gloria Malatesta. Director of photography Stefano Falivene. Scenography Dimitri Capuani. Editing by Alberto Masi. Costumes Sabine Zappitelli. Original Music Andrea De Sica in collaboration with Leonardo Rosi. Directed by Lucilla Cristaldi. Casting Gabriella Giannattasio and Davide Zurolo. Sound Antoine Vandendrieessche. Sound design by Fabien Pochet. Mixage Philippe Charbonel. General Manager Gian Luca Chiaretti. Producer Serena Alfieri. A live production with Rai Cinema in co-production with Tarantula. Produced by Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Joseph Rouschop and Valerie Bournonville. Distribution 01Distribution.

Location

The film was entirely shot in South Tyrol, particularly in Dobbiaco in Val Pusteria.

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