Also successful was '' Il ladro di bambini '' ( '' Stolen Children '' ) in 1992 , which won the Special Prize of Jury at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival plus two Silver Ribbon and 5 David di Donatello . In 1994 '' Lamerica '' , about Albanian immigration in Italy , repeated the fate and the success , with 2 Silver Ribbons and 3 Davids . Four years later , '' Così ridevano '' won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival . Amelio gained another Silver Ribbon as best director for '' Le chiavi di casa '' ( '' The Keys to the House '' ) , inspired to a novel by Giuseppe Pontiggia , of 2004
1992 Cannes Film Festival
1992 Cannes Film Festival
Gianni Amelio