Children of the Night (Italian: I figli della notte) is a 2016 Italian-Belgian drama film co-written and directed by Andrea De Sica, in his feature film debut.
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Cast
Vincenzo Crea as Giulio
Ludovico Succio as Edoardo
Fabrizio Rongione as Mathias
Yuliia Sobol as Elena
Luigi Bignone as Riccardo
Release
The film premiered in competition at the 34th Torino Film Festival. It was released in Italian cinemas on 31 May 2017.
Reception
For this film De Sica was awarded the Nastro d'Argento Award for Best New Director and received a David di Donatello nomination in the same category.
Paolo Mereghetti described the film as "an unusually harsh film, going against the grain of Italian cinema", which "seeks to offer a wholly unflinching portrait of a youth whose parents are absent [...], left alone to face its own solitude and vulnerabilities".