Juvenile delinquents + opera = chaos. Nanni Loy makes prison sing, badly.
Everything revolves around a musical theater production staged by a modest Sicilian director who has to direct young inmates at the juvenile detention center in Nisida. However, the rehearsals, the performance at the San Carlo Theater in Naples, and the real and touching events of the city alternate without any consistency.
Direction
Loy's chaotic sincerity—he means every messy frame.
Acting
Leo Gullotta carries the entire emotional weight.
Production
Real San Carlo Theatre footage, zero budget faking.
Director
Nanni Loy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Many performers were actual Nisida detainees; Nanni Loy fought censors for months to use them.
The film captures Naples during its 1980s camorra crisis—every street scene documents real urban decay.
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