The Italian

A Russian six-year-old is given the chance to start a new life with a family willing to adopt him in Italy, but the boy yearns to find his real mother. He sets off in search of her, entering a perilous world.

“Full of cold truths and warm sentiment, this is a Dickensian tale set to the contemporary rhythms of post-Communist Russia.” (Toronto Globe & Mail)

“A dark fairy tale from Russia, THE ITALIAN pulls you into a richly atmospheric, persuasively inhabited world teeming with foundlings and pathos.” (Manohla Dargis, New York Times)