Daniele Gaglianone

For a gang of immigrant children living on the outskirts of a big city, an abandoned factory is a place of adventure and wonder. But their childish daydreams turn into nightmares when two girls are discovered among the ruins raped and murdered. The children unmask the culprit the local doctor but, deeming that no one will believe them, decide to take the matter into their own hands. (filmdates.co.uk)

'Pietro' is a brilliant tour-de-force by actor Pietro Casella according the skillful and raw plot and direction of director Daniele Granaglione. This desperate, miserable story really makes you touch and somehow feel empaty with the kind characters you usually read in the crime news. Pietro is a boy with a light handicap, whose life is subdued to the addiction of the brother and his problems with drug dealers and street gangsters.

The ostensibly simple story of a sympathetic veteran teacher giving Italian lessons to a weekly class of diverse immigrants is given infinitely more depth and complexity by the manner in which director Daniele Gaglianone renders his story. (imdb)

Allesandro, Ferdi and Toni are 3 schoolpals who'd rather goof off with each other than hang around in school. Soon one of the kids leaves for greener pastures, leaving the other 2 to do some serious brooding and soul searching. It doesn't help when one of them has a seriously alcoholic dad and the other a mother who is quickly slipping into dementia. Both of them, rather than somewhat reaching into each other, deal with their problems rather internally, which thus leads to their downfall. (imdb)