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Nobody's Children

1974 · 95 min

A slow, sorrowful melodrama that wrings emotion from every scene, asking you to surrender to its tears.

Directed by
Bruno Gaburro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gabriele Tinti, Sara Sperati, Erika Blanc
Overview
I figli di nessuno (internationally released as Nobody's Children) is an Italian drama film directed by Bruno Gaburro and released in 1974. The film, a remake of the remake of the 1951 Raffaello Matarazzo movie of the same name, is part of a subgenre of Italian melodramatic films known as "lacrima movies" (or "tearjerker movies").

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Directed by
Bruno Gaburro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gabriele Tinti, Sara Sperati, Erika Blanc
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • love
  • betrayal
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Bruno Gaburro
Starring
Gabriele Tinti, Sara Sperati, Erika Blanc, Chris Avram, Ezio Marano, Cinzia De Carolis
Runtime
95 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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