Film

Children are Pieces of Your Heart

1981 · 1h 34m · Drama

IMDb

4.6

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.

Mario Merola

Tommaso Maffettone

Anna Maria Ackermann

Matilde Maffettone

Michele Esposito

Felicello Maffettone

Gianni Ciardo

Nicola - the teacher

Rosalia Maggio

Donna Concetta

Ernst Thole

Véronique

Ivan Rassimov

Lorenzo Berisio

Clara Colosimo

L'ostetrica

Roberto Caporali

Franco Pieroni

Carlo Giuffrè

Vincenzo Cacace

Michela Miti

Mariastella

• Alfonso BresciaScreenplay · Director
• Gino CaponeScreenplay
• Vito Di BariProducer
• Silvio FraschettiDirector of Photography
• Eduardo AlfieriOriginal Music Composer

Release date

November 28, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama