''Piranhas'' ( it, La paranza dei bambini, lit=The trawler of children) is a 2019 Italian

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directed by

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. It was selected to compete for the

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at the

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, where it won the

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Plot

A group of 15-year-old boys from the neighbourhood

Rione Sanità Rione Sanità (literally "Health Neighbourhood" in Italian) is a neighbourhood in Naples, part of the Stella quarter. It is located north of Naples' historical centre, adjacent to the Capodimonte hill. History What is now Rione Sanità was a bur ...

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, dreaming to gain power and easy money, make their way on to the city's world of crime. In the unconsciousness of their age, they live between good and evil deeds, thinking that crime can be their only chance of life.

Cast

* Francesco Di Napoli as Nicola * Viviana Aprea as Letizia * Alfredo Turitto as Biscottino * Ar Tem as Tyson * Carmine Pizzo as Limone * Ciro Pellechia as Lollipop * Ciro Vecchione as 'O Russ * Luca Nacarlo as Cristian * Mattia Piano Del Balzo as Briatò * Pasquale Marotta as Agostino Striano * Valentina Vannino as Nicola's mother * Adam Jendoubi as Aucelluzzo

Reception

The film received critical acclaim at the

. The

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website

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reported that of critics have given the film a positive review based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "''Piranhas'' fails to be anything more than another run-of-the-mill gangster drama." On

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, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Upcoming gave it five stars out of five.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piranhas 2019 films 2019 drama films 2019 action drama films 2019 crime action films Italian drama films Hood films Italian action drama films Italian crime action films 2010s Italian-language films Films set in Naples