A Children's Story

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A Children’s Story
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Directed byAndrea Frazzi
Antonio Frazzi
Gabriele Muccino
Produced byRosario Rinaldo
StarringGianluca Di Gennaro
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
CountryItaly
Language Neapolitan

A Children's Story (Italian : Certi bambini [1] ), also known as Certain Children in Australia, is an Italian drama film directed by Andrea and Antonio Frazzi [2] which focuses on the life of an eleven-year-old boy growing up in an environment of poverty and criminality in Naples. [3] [4] [5] This was the second film to be made by the Frazzi twins, Il cielo cade (starring Isabella Rossellini and JeroenKrabbé) having been released in 2000. It was Andrea Frazzi's last film; [6] he died in May 2006.

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Certi bambini was awarded the 2004 Crystal Globe at the 39th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

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  2. ↑ "Certi bambini". Cineuropa . Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  3. ↑ Gonzalez, Ed (2005-03-15). "Review: Certi Bambini". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  4. ↑ Staines, David, ed. (2001-06-26). Margaret Laurence: Critical Reflections. University of Ottawa Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1ckpc4t.13. ISBN   978-0-7766-1658-2. JSTOR   j.ctt1ckpc4t.
  5. ↑ "Films and filming". Films and Filming. 1954. ISSN   0015-167X. OCLC   1569213.
  6. ↑ Cooper, Allison (2019-09-23). 42. Growing Up Camorrista: Antonio and Andrea Frazzi's Certi bambini. University of Toronto Press. pp. 271–276. doi:10.3138/9781487510466-043. ISBN   978-1-4875-1046-6. S2CID   204671412.
  7. ↑ Certi bambini (2004) (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-03-22


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