I'M NOT SCARED (Io Non Ho Paura) (2003) - ♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Gabriele Salvatores

Written by - Niccoló Ammaniti, Francesca Marciano

Starring - Giuseppe Cristiano, Mattia Di Perro, Adriana Conserva

"The setting is a hot Southern Italian small town. The child of a man involved in a kidnapping accidentally befriends the child being kidnapped and held in a hole in the ground of a wheat field. Masterfully directed by Salvatores who skilfully builds and intense atmosphere also by using the setting as a key element in the film, I’m Not Scared is an original thriller drama which uses the theme of the friendship of two children as a symbol of innocence in a crime corrupted criminal Southern Italy. The acting too is superb."

Drama, Italy/Spain/UK