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Claudio Giovannesi
'Piranhas' ('La paranza dei bambini'): Film Review | Berlin 2019
Claudio Giovannesi
In Naples, the plague of “baby gangs” is old news. Violent kids from the slums as young as ten go cruising for fights and taunt the police, knowing they’re too young to be arrested. They presumably graduate to become teenage “paranza,” mob slang for an armed group in the service of the Camorra.

Piranhas (La paranza dei bambini), directed by Claudio Giovannesi, charts the descent into organized crime of a naïve group of 15-year-old pals led by the inexperienced but cocksure Nicola (Francesco Di Napoli). Behind his clean-cut face, neat haircut and designer clothes lies ...
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  • 2/12/2019
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV

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