Children of the Night

Nov 23, 2016

1h 30m

★ 5.5

Overview

Somewhere in the bleak Italian Alps is an isolated boarding school for troubled boys of the ultra privileged. 17-year old Giulio is sent there by his mother and finds himself instantly at odds with both his peers and the staff until the arrival of the eccentric Eduordo. The pair bond over their mutual desire for escape, which they eventually do, and run away to a nightclub in the middle of the woods. There they meet Elena, a young prostitute whose destiny will be unforgettably linked to theirs. For the boys, the night is full of freedom, disturbing experiences, and secrets. But what they discover about their experiences, and their school, may be the biggest secret of all.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Vivo Film

Tarantula

RAI Cinema

IDM Südtirol - Alto Adige Film Fund

MiC

Eurimages

Creative Europe Media

RAI

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Cast

Giulio

Vincenzo Crea

Edoardo

Ludovico Succio

Mathias

Fabrizio Rongione

Elena

Yuliia Sobol

Riccardo

Luigi Bignone

Paolo

Pietro Monfreda

Michi

Michael Bernhard Plattner

Reinhart

Marco Boriero

School Professor Ercole

Franco Moscon

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