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Piranhas
Piranhas
7.0
/10
405 Ratings

PIRANHAS

La paranza dei bambini

Directed by Claudio Giovannesi
Italy, 2019
Drama, Crime

Synopsis

15 year-old Nicola lives with his mother and younger brother in Naples, a place that has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for centuries. Dreaming of a lush life, Nicola and his group of friends begin selling drugs, entering the violent world of crime that threatens their innocence and safety.

Synopsis

15 year-old Nicola lives with his mother and younger brother in Naples, a place that has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for centuries. Dreaming of a lush life, Nicola and his group of friends begin selling drugs, entering the violent world of crime that threatens their innocence and safety.

Our take

The rage and loneliness of adolescence take a pulpy turn in Claudio Giovannesi’s gripping drama, where schoolbooks are swapped for guns. With his angelic face, first-time actor Francesco Di Napoli stands for a generation of Neapolitan youth for whom coming of age constitutes a fall from grace.