A Children's Story

Not to be confused with The Children's Story.
A Children’s Story
Directed byAndrea Frazzi
Antonio Frazzi
Gabriele Muccino
Produced byRosario Rinaldo
StarringGianluca Di Gennaro
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
CountryItaly
LanguageNeapolitan

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] 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;[5] he died in May 2006.

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

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