''The Hidden Child'' (
Italian: ''Il bambino nascosto'') is a 2021 Italian
crime drama
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
film written and directed by
Roberto Andò
Roberto Andò (born 11 January 1959) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and author.
Life and career
Born in Palermo, Andò debuted as assistant director, working with Francis Ford Coppola, Federico Fellini, Michael Cimino and Fran ...
, and based on his own novel with the same name.
The film was the closing film of the
78th edition of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
, in which it was screened out of competition.
Plot
Cast
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Silvio Orlando as Prof. Gabriele Santoro
* Giuseppe Pirozzi as Ciro
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Lino Musella
Lino Musella (born 21 October 1980) an Italian film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Born in Naples, Musella studied at the Naples Academy of Dramatic Art and the Paolo Grassi Civic School in Milan. Mainly active on theater, in 2009 ...
as Diego
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Gianfelice Imparato as Renato Santoro
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Roberto Herlitzka as Massimo Santoro
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Francesco Di Leva
Francesco Di Leva (born 4 September 1978) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor.
Life and career
Born in Naples, Di Leva started acting in local amateur dramatics at 14 years old. He is one of the co-founders of the "Nest Napoli Est T ...
as Biagio
* Imma Villa as Angela Acerno
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Salvatore Striano as Carmine Acerno
* Tonino Taiuti as Nunzio
* Enzo Casertano as D'Alterio
References
External links
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2021 films
2021 crime drama films
2020s Italian films
2020s Italian-language films
Films directed by Roberto Andò
Films set in Naples
Films about the Camorra
Italian crime drama films