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The Italian

Italianetz

Russia

2005

99 Min
Color
1.66:1
Russian, Italian, English
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DIR Andrey Kravchuk

EXEC Olga Agrafenina

PROD Andrei Zertsalov

SCR Andrei Romanov

DP Aleksandr Burov

CAST Kolya Spiridonov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Nikolay Reutov, Jurij Ickov, Denis Moiseenko, Sasha Sirotkin, Polina Vorobieva, Olga Shuvalova

ED Tamara Lipartiya

PROD DES Vladimir Svetozarov

MUSIC Aleksandr Knaifel

Berlinale (Kinderfilmfest): Crystal Bear - Special Mention, Telluride, Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema)

Synopsis

Vanya is a 6 year old orphan living in a rundown orphanage in a remote Russian village. For Vanya and the other children, life is without hope, unless, of course, they are adopted by wealthy foreigners. For Vanya, hope comes in the form of an Italian couple. But while arrangements are being made an incident occurs when the mother of another child appears, seeking her son. Vanya begins to wonder what would happen if his own mother reappeared, and he was living in Italy.With the assistance of older children, Vanya is able to access his records and find the possible whereabouts of his mother. He escapes and travels across the country, pursued by the adoption agents. –IMDb

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