Più buio di mezzanotte

Depressing from beginning to the very end. Other times, just slow and boring (how many minutes of walking in the park can you stand?).

No real plot, no development, no growth and no redemption. Just a showcase of suffering, destruction and survival (barely). It seems the point of making this movie was to show the viewer "suffering/abuse" by making us suffer by watching this. If so, it succeeds; but I'm not rewarding it.

Giving it an extra 2 stars simply for some of the "colorful" street characters ...without whom the movie would be difficult to watch.

This is a great movie which captures all the motion associated with the abuse of a 14 year old boy. The Director and Editor have paced this film wonderfully to extract the emotion of Davide as he struggles with life at home and with his new life on the streets. Very emotional and brilliantly acted by Davide who obviously fully understood the feelings of this boy. Once you get inside Davide's head which the Director and Editor achieved by the perfect pacing of the film just cannot fail to move you. Davide is brilliant and the other actors surrounding him are brilliant too. The whole movie seems so real and authentic. Tremendous watch.