The Italian
A tender, melancholic story of an abandoned child's journey toward belonging and family love, grounded in the emotional reality of orphanage life and cross-cultural adoption.
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.
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