Abstract
Childhood is traditionally associated with the idea of innocence and purity. Since it is the age before the development of sexuality, children are seldom portrayed as involved in sexual relationships. The current issue of pedophilia is particularly important and censorship can limit the films representing sexual children. However some directors do represent children as acting upon their own sexuality, sometimes suggesting it in a really powerful way. How does cinema represent children's sexuality? In most movies the directors show sexual relationships between children as pure and innocent; they have their own sexual desire, but it is still associated with the notion of innocent discovery and freedom.
