Children of the Night (I figli della notte)

Showings

Vogue Theatre Fri, Nov 10, 2017 9:00 PM
Film Info
Category:Documentary
Country:Italy
Year:2016
Running Time:85 min.
Language:Italian
Credits
Director:Andrea De Sica
Producer:Vivo Film and Rai Cinema
in coproduction with Tarantula
Screenwriter:Andrea De Sica
Mariano Di Nardo
Gloria Malatesta
Cinematographer:Stefano Falivene
Editor:Alberto Masi
Music:Andrea De Sica
Cast:Vincenzo Crea
Ludovico Succio
Fabrizio Rongione
Yulia Sobol
Luigi Bignone
Pietro Monfreda

Description

Boarding school can be a very scary place. Giulio (Vincenzo Crea), an introverted 17-year-old from a wealthy family, discovers just how menacing his elite alpine school is after being awakened in the middle of the night by older students in hockey masks. Daily life is rigid and acetic: The students only have access to cell phones for a few hours each day and the nearest town is 10 kilometers away. Giulio feels lonely after having been sent away by his busy mother, but his isolation is quickly ruptured by the energetic friendship of rebellious Edoardo (Ludovico Succio). Together, they form a deep bond—a brotherly love made stronger by the dearth of affection from their parents—and sneak out and find a nightclub in the woods. Everything is going well until Christmas vacation, when left to themselves in the empty school, they discover a strangely abandoned wing of the building. Andrea De Sica, a musician and filmmaker, (grandson of Vittorio De Sica), has fashioned a notable drama that is a cross between a coming-of-age story and THE SHINING, featuring excellent performances; beautiful, frightening music; and a tightly wound, visually stunning narrative. –Nancy Fishman

Co-presented by California Film Institute and Bocconi Alumni Association of San Francisco.

Additional Information

Born in Rome in 1981, Andrea De Sica graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 2008 and earned a degree in Philosophy in 2009. He worked as an assistant director for Bernardo Bertolucci, Ferzan Ozpetek, Vincenzo Marra, and Daniele Vicari. He wrote and directed many short films and documentaries, such as "L’esame," which was presented in more than 50 festivals all over the world; "Foschia pesci Africa sonno nausea fantasia," directed together with Daniele Vicari; and he also directed the TV series MIA AND ME. CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT is his first feature film, based on an original story by Andrea De Sica and written by Andrea De Sica and Mariano Di Nardo, in collaboration with Gloria Malatesta. The original music for the film is by Andrea De Sica.