CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT
synopsis
Giulio, a seventeen-year-old from a well-to-do family, is sent to a boarding school. In this isolated place in the Alps, where iron-clad rules limit all contact with the outside, he makes friends with Edoardo, who is rather odd. Their friendship is sealed by frequent escapes at night, when the surveillance of the students seems to lapse. They begin to frequent a nightclub hidden in the forest, which becomes a refuge for the two young men. This is where they meet Elena, a prostitute, and become fond of her. Suddenly, they discover that the transgressions they have kept hidden are actually part of the school’s educational program. And yet there must be a way for them to become truly free…
international title: | Children of the Night |
original title: | I figli della notte |
country: | Italy, Belgium |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Andrea De Sica |
film run: | 85' |
release date: | IT 31/05/2017 |
screenplay: | Andrea De Sica, Mariano Di Nardo, Gloria Malatesta |
cast: | Vincenzo Crea, Ludovico Succio, Fabrizio Rongione, Yuliia Sobol, Luigi Bignone, Pietro Monfreda |
cinematography by: | Stefano Falivene |
film editing: | Alberto Masi |
art director: | Dimitri Capuani |
costumes designer: | Sabine Zappitelli |
producer: | Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Joseph Rouschop |
production: | Vivo Film, RAI Cinema, Tarantula Belgique |
backing: | MiBACT, Eurimages, IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige Film Fund & Commission (BLS) |