意大利南部吉普赛人聚居的社区，典型的贫穷混乱。十四岁少年渴望早日长大，像哥哥那样自力更生。他抽烟喝酒，从哥哥身上学会偷窃技能，不识字不打紧，认得钞票才实际。哥哥被捕，他变本加厉，偷车兼入屋爆窃，其间认识了非裔青年，骤觉人间有情。然而最后发现，成人礼的代价，是要懂得背叛与 无情。 美籍意大利裔导演乔纳斯·卡皮纳诺三年前拍过同名短片，这次得马丁·斯科塞斯跨刀监制，起用非职业演员，捕捉贫民区的鲜活实感。代表意大利角逐奥斯卡最佳外语片。In A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region's factions - the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets of their hometown. When Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he's ready to step into his big brother's shoes but soon finds himself faced with an impossible decision that will show if he is truly ready to become a man.
