Rent The Italian (2005)
3.6 of 5 from 80 ratings
1h 39min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
A childless, affluent couple from Italy comes to a provincial Russian children’s home to find a child for adoption. The orphanage is a harsh place, run by two rival internal factions. Alongside the official, adult administration, run by a corrupt headmaster (played by Yuri Itskov) with the help of greedy adoption broker Madam (Maria Kuznetsova), there is a shadow children’s gang operating out of the institution’s boiler room. When the couple singles out six-year-old ragamuffin Vanya Solntsev (Kolya Spiridonov) as their prospective choice, the other orphans give Vanya a new nickname: The Italian. But Vanya has other plans. He decides to track down his birth mother and after stealing his records he sneaks out of the orphanage. Fearing that Vanya will make them lose a very lucrative adoption deal, the orphanage headmaster joins forces with Madam to find the runaway child by any means necessary. - Actors:
- Kolya Spiridonov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Nikolay Reutov, Jurij Ickov, Denis Moiseenko, Sasha Sirotkin, Andrei Yelizarov, Vladimir Shipov, Polina Vorobieva, Olga Shuvalova, Dima Zemlyanko, Dariya Lesnikova, Rudolf Kuld, Tatyana Zakharova, Irina Osnovina
- Directors:
- Andrey Kravchuk
- Writers:
- Andrei Romanov
- Aka:
- Italianetz
- Studio:
- Soda Pictures
- Genres:
- Children & Family
- Countries:
- Russia
More like The Italian
Found in these customers lists
353 films by skc
Reviews (1) of The Italian
A modern Russian fairy tale - The Italian review by CH
I watched this beautiful film many years ago on Paradiso and have it back on my list. All the dark themes of ancient fairy stories are here, of being cast out and lost, being unloved and lonely, being deceived, and betrayed. And yet there, in a dark corner is that small glittering light. It is hope. If hope can keep a feeble flame burning maybe things will work out. Maybe, and we can all live happily ever after. Maybe.
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.