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Italianetz (2005) -- Set in 2002, an abandoned 5-year-old boy living in a rundown orphanage in a small Russian village is adopted by an Italian family.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   1,664 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Andrei Romanov (writer)
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Release Date:
22 September 2005 (Russia) more
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Tagline:
In Russia, Every Orphan Longs for Adoption. Vanya Has Other Plans...To Find His Mother At All Costs more
Plot:
Set in 2002, an abandoned 5-year-old boy living in a rundown orphanage in a small Russian village is adopted by an Italian family. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
6 wins more
User Comments:
Not Christmas, but another miracle more (23 total)

Cast

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Kolya Spiridonov ... Vanya Solntsev
Mariya Kuznetsova ... Madam
Nikolay Reutov ... Grisha
Jurij Ickov ... Headmaster
Denis Moiseenko ... Kolyan
Sasha Sirotkin ... Sery
Polina Vorobieva ... Nataha

Olga Shuvalova ... Irka
Dima Zemlyanko ... Anton
Dariya Lesnikova ... Mukhin's Mother
Rudolf Kuld ... Guard
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Vladimir Shipov ... Bloke
Andrei Yelizarov ... Timokha
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Итальянец (Russia)
The Italian (USA) (new title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexual content, language and thematic issues.
Runtime:
90 min | Canada:99 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Russia's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Not Christmas, but another miracle, 10 December 2007
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Author: lastliberal from Florida

It is not likely that I will find Andrei Kravchuk's first film, A Christmas Miracle< in my search for Christmas movies to get me in the spirit; but, his second film, and Russia's entry into the Oscar race is truly heartwarming and an outstanding sophomore venture for the new director.

Six-year-old Vanya (Kolya Spiridonov) is being adopted from a Russian orphanage by an Italian couple. While waiting, he comes across a mother looking for her son, who has long since been adopted. He decides to find his own mother and sets out to make this happen, even though he has already be "sold." Of course, the people who sold him are trying to find him as he journeys to find his mother. Six years old and off on a journey well beyond his years. Like so many children in the world he has to grow up too fast - most because of war or tragedy like Darfur.

You will be torn by what the children at the orphanage do to survive, and you will be heartened by the strangers who help him along the way. Most of all, you will find that there are some great movies out there that do not depend on CGI or excessive violence to entertain. This is certainly one of them.

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