Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As it turns out, the tale of Amerigo’s journey is fictional, and crafted exclusively for the narrative of The Children’s Train.

"The Children's Train," the latest movie on Netflix, has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide. Set in Italy in 1946, after the devastation of World War II, the film, adapted from Viola Ardone's ...

Amidst poverty and disease in post-World War II Naples, the Italian Communist Party arranged for the opportunity for poorer children from southern Italy to board a train bound for northern Italy, ...

1946. Amerigo is seven years old and has never left Naples and his mother Antonietta. His world, made up of streets and poverty, however, is about to change. On board one of the "trains of happiness" ...