62 Ratings

The Italian

Italianetz

Russia, 2005

Drama

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.

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The Italian Directed by Andrey Kravchuk

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Awards & Festivals

Berlin International Film Festival

2005 | Winner: Best Feature Film (Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix)

2005 | 2 special mentions including: Best Feature Film (Crystal Bear)

Toronto International Film Festival

2005

Telluride Film Festival

2005

Chicago International Film Festival

2006

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Cast & Crew

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What are people saying?

Mighty Quinn's rating of the film The Italian
Mighty Quinn

A humane look at a orphan boy trying to reconnect with his birth mother in Russia. The story's told without sentimentality, it is at times bleak, but always absorbing. The main performance by Nikolay Spiridonov is very restrained and naturalistic for a child actor, his character always seeming believeable. The rest of the cast are great too, mostly being the kids and staff at the orphanage where he lives. Beautiful.
June 11, 2016 14:23
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Rustam Chartrand Mendeleev's rating of the film The Italian
Rustam Chartrand Mendeleev

,5
December 11, 2017 01:20
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