The Italian: This Really Should See the Light of Day

I briefly wrote about The Italian in the Weekend Preview, but I regretted not posting the trailer. I hadn’t heard of this film until researching that weekend’s movies. The Italian is not a movie that will have a marketing budget, so you won’t see commercials for it.

Six-year-old Ivan is an orphan in Russia. He has a chance to be adopted by an Italian couple, but instead he runs away to find his birth mother. You can’t help but root for this kid. The trailer is stark and simple, and a great example of how music can be used effectively.

Also known as Italianetz, The Italian was made in Russia in 2005, and it has now been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics. Like I said before, foreign films that make it stateside are often the best of the best. The Italian is only playing in two cinemas in New York, so I am going to RENT IT.

The Italian is rated PG-13 and is playing in a few theatres in the US. (Official site)