Children are Pieces of Your Heart (1981)

  • NR
  • 11/28/1981 (IT)
  • Drama
  • 1h 34m

Overview

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.

Alfonso Brescia

Director, Screenplay

Gino Capone

Screenplay

Cast

Mario Merola's headshot

Mario Merola

Tommaso Maffettone
Anna Maria Ackermann's headshot

Anna Maria Ackermann

Matilde Maffettone
Michele Esposito's headshot

Michele Esposito

Felicello Maffettone
Gianni Ciardo's headshot

Gianni Ciardo

Nicola - the teacher
Rosalia Maggio's headshot

Rosalia Maggio

Donna Concetta
Ernst Thole's headshot

Ernst Thole

Véronique
Ivan Rassimov's headshot

Ivan Rassimov

Lorenzo Berisio
Clara Colosimo's headshot

Clara Colosimo

L'ostetrica

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