Children of the Night () is a 2016 Italian-Belgian drama film co-written and directed by , in his feature film debut.
The film premiered in competition at the 34th Torino Film Festival. It was released in Italian cinemas on 31 May 2017.
For this film De Sica was awarded the Nastro d'Argento Award for Best New Director and received a David di Donatello nomination in the same category.
Paolo Mereghetti described the film as "an unusually harsh film, going against the grain of Italian cinema", which "seeks to offer a wholly unflinching portrait of a youth whose parents are absent [...], left alone to face its own solitude and vulnerabilities".