Piranhas

• Drama
• Crime

A raw and relentlessly kinetic crime drama, *Piranhas* plunges into the brutal realities of Naples’ underbelly through the eyes of young men irrevocably entangled with the Camorra. It’s not a story of glamorous gangsters, but a desperate scramble for power amongst teenagers wielding lethal weapons, fueled by boredom and a yearning for recognition. The film’s unsettling energy isn’t derived from elaborate heists or violent spectacle, but from the casual normalization of violence and the fleeting moments of vulnerability glimpsed within a cycle of escalating betrayal. This isn't a rise-and-fall narrative; instead, it portrays a stagnant existence where ambition quickly devolves into paranoia and self-destruction, capturing a specific, suffocating atmosphere of lost youth and inescapable fate within the confines of a criminal world.