Children are Pieces of Your Heart (1981)
A humble organ grinder is married to a barren woman. The pair would like to adopt a child but are too poor. Suddenly a miracle seems to happen: she's pregnant. Unfortunately the baby dies and the man is forced, through hardship, to buy one from a chorus girl who wants to get rid of him. After a short time even his wife dies and the poor man brings up the child on his own, singing in taverns to make ends meet. The father and son's humble life is upset when the real father of the boy reappears and wants his child back. The two men fight to get the custody of the boy.
Director:
Alfonso Brescia
Writers:
Alfonso Brescia, Gino Capone.
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Mario Merola as Tommaso Maffettone |
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Anna Maria Ackermann as Matilde Maffettone |
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Michele Esposito as Felicello Maffettone |
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Gianni Ciardo as Nicola - the teacher |
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Rosalia Maggio as Donna Concetta |
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Ernst Thole as Véronique |
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Ivan Rassimov as Lorenzo Berisio |
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Clara Colosimo as L'ostetrica |
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Roberto Caporali as Franco Pieroni |
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Carlo Giuffrè as Vincenzo Cacace |
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Michela Miti as Mariastella |
| Writing | Alfonso Brescia | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gino Capone | Screenplay |
| Production | Vito Di Bari | Producer |
| Directing | Alfonso Brescia | Director |
| Camera | Silvio Fraschetti | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Eduardo Alfieri | Original Music Composer |
