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Alternate/Foreign Title: Italyanets [Original title]
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2007-05-22
Genre: Foreign
Sub-genre: Drama
Director: Andrey Kravchuk
Stars: Denis Moiseenko, Kolya Spiridonov, Sasha Sirotkin, Andrei Yelizarov, Vladimir Shipov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Yuriy Itskov, Aleksandr Sirotkin, Polina Vorobeva, Olga Shuvalova, Nikolay Reutov
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: For most Russian orphans, the chance to be adopted is a dream come true. But six-year-old Vanya Solntsev has other hopes. After discovering his mother is still alive, the abandoned boy teaches himself to read so as to learn her address from his personal files. Before a wealthy Italian couple can claim him for their own, Vanya sets off on a perilous journey to find his only remaining family. Pursued by orphanage staff and the police, the determined runaway must now face the most difficult challenges of his young life in this incredible story inspired by true events.
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