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The Italian
2005
· Movie
· 90 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Every rating
69–91
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Trakt on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A six-year-old boy lives in a bleak Russian orphanage, hoping to be adopted. When an Italian couple chooses him, he begins learning Italian in preparation. When he learns his biological mother might still be alive, he postpones his dream of a family to embark on a perilous journey across Russia to find her.
Details
- Director
- Andrey Kravchuk
- Writer
- Andrey Romanov
- Studio
- Tulos Cinema, Lenfilm
- Released
- 21 September 2005
- Country
- Russia
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2006 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Russia | Nominee |
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International Submission to the Academy Awards
1 nomination
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Russia | Nominee |