Italianetz (2005)

Director:

Andrei Kravchuk

Writer:

Andrei Romanov (writer)

Release Date:

22 September 2005 (Russia)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Tagline:

In Russia, Every Orphan Longs for Adoption. Vanya Has Other Plans...To Find His Mother At All Costs

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.

Plot Keywords:

Russian | Italian | Orphanage | Orphan | Adoption

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vladimir Shipov	...	Bloke
Andrei Yelizarov	...	Timokha

Directed by
Andrei Kravchuk

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrei Romanov		writer

Produced by
Olga Agrafenina	....	executive producer
Andrei Zertsalov	....	producer

Original Music by
Aleksandr Knaifel		(as Alexander Kneiffel)

Cinematography by
Aleksandr Burov		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Tamara Lipartiya

Production Design by
Vladimir Svetozarov

Costume Design by
Natalia Brabanova
Marina Nikolayeva

Makeup Department
Olga Grebeniuk	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Tatyana Nikolaeva	....	production manager

Art Department
Andrei Rudiev	....	set designer

Sound Department
Aliakper Gasan-zade	....	sound (as Aliakper Gassan Zade)

Production Companies

• Lenfilm Studio
• Tulos Cinema

Distributors

• Delphis Films (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Les Acacias (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Twin Film (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Jump Street Films (2006) (Australia) (all media)
• Twin Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV) (TV1)
• absolut MEDIEN (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Итальянец (Russia)
The Italian (USA) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexual content, language and thematic issues.

Runtime:

90 min | Canada:99 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Sweden:7 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Brazil:12 | Japan:PG-12 | USA:PG-13

Company:

Lenfilm Studio

Trivia:

Russia's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)

young orphan faces life's difficulties and challenges to find who he really is.

this was one of the best movies i have seen in a long time. not only was kolya spiridov magnificent, every actor young and old were intense. the lyricism of this movie is simply magnificent. i felt the cold, the dampness, the starkness and disagreeing completely with someone else's comment on this movie, i found the score perfect. economical, to the point, letting us feel the story without suggesting it for us as Hollywood tends to do. also... directed superbly where the main character doesn't get cheap emotions out of us by making us 'cry' by crying. we suffer his plight a great deal more as he goes through the film just as is. superb, intricate, inspired. this film deserves great recognition and all the accolades a great movie should ever get. i recommend it greatly.