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The Children's Train

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In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A touching feel-good film. Rated: B- Mar 25, 2025 Full Review Jesse Hassenger Decider Without more detailed characterization, the movie, frankly, resembles an odd cross between an interesting anecdote and an extended guilt trip, moreso than the tearjerker it’s aiming for. Dec 24, 2024 Full Review Daniel Hart Ready Steady Cut The Children’s Train feels like an important piece of filmmaking, highlighting a paramount moment in Italian history. And it is delivered well. Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 5, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sam P This is such a great movie. I'm surprised it didn't get attention during awards season. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/27/25 Full Review Monica D Exactly how my dad described the times! Even the clothes in this movie is like all of our old photos of this era Thank you for making this movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review AM B This movie was simple yet told a difficult story of despiration. As happens many situations, there is fear and misinformation. The northern families that accepted the children from southern Italy were portrayed as true believers of the communism. I appreciated that they showed the children returning to their families but with a different understanding. Some no longer fit in with their families. I don't know if many tried to return to the north again. But completely understandable. Thank you for sharing this history with all of us. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/16/25 Full Review Audience Member The lead character went through a lot of emotions in the film, as I did watching it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/05/25 Full Review Gina M I’m sure the story is good, but the voice over was absolutely horrendous, it sounded like a school play. Because of that it failed to invoke any emotional reaction in me. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/25 Full Review dave b It is a great movie. Captures so much of the postwar struggles of Italia. My huge negative is the dubbing into inglese. Netflix should have kept the original Italiano and Napoletano. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.
Director
Cristina Comencini
Screenwriter
Viola Ardone, Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda, Cristina Comencini
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Palomar
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 4, 2024
Runtime
1h 46m
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