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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. Read more

Starring Kolya Spiridonov, Denis Moiseenko, Sasha Sirotkin, Andrei Yelizarov
Director Andrei Kravchuk
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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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.

Starring Kolya Spiridonov, Denis Moiseenko, Sasha Sirotkin, Andrei Yelizarov, Vladimir Shipov
Director Andrei Kravchuk
Studio SODA PICTURES
Run time DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language Russian
Released DVD: 28 Apr 2008
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

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  • 4 stars out of

    This finely crafted Russian debut comes across like The Bourne Identity as directed by one of the Italian... read more on Time Out

    • David Jenkins, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 08 Sep 2009

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  • 7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Very Good

    A rather sad [but definitely worth watching] tale of the grim conditions in a present day Russian orphanage. An astonishing performance by the leading child actor. The film also is possibly a reflection of the state of modern - day Russia, rife with corruption, but with pockets of human kindness, and hope thrown in.

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 10 Jul 2008 22:10

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Excellent and moving

    The fact that this is a foreign film with subtitles did not take anything away from the fact that this was a brilliantly written and moving film.

    The acting of the children was outstanding and you really felt for the characters. It had me on the edge of my seat all the way through the movie and I was desperate for the little boy to find his mother.

    Subtitle wise, there was not a huge amount of dialogue which would distract you from the moving tale and the emotions of the main characters - good and bad. The acting was so good you probbaly woulnd't need to read the subtitles to know what was going on (but i would recommend it).

    I will certainly be renting this out again, excellent, thought provoking and certainly pulls at the heart strings.

      • Robbieq from Essex, England.
      • Posted 05 Apr 2009 09:30

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