FLIGHT OF THE INNOCENT [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1992
• Genre: Drama, Foreign
• Plot: In his acclaimed feature debut, Italian writer/director Carlo Carlei (Fluke) creates a 'breathtakingly visual...gutsy, exciting adventure' (Variety) that combines the artistic sensibilities of European films with the explosive power of a fast-paced Hollywood thriller. Flight of theInnocent 'grabs you early on and never lets up! Don't miss it' (HBO)! The gentle son of a brutal kidnapper, ten-year-old Vito (Manuel Colao) witnesses the massacre of his family by a rival gang and narrowly escapes into the Italian countryside. Relentlessly pursued by the killers and the police, he begins a terrifying life on the run, determined to outwit his followers, find a new, honorable and caring family for himself and end his family's lineage of crime.; ; Originally titled La Corsa Dell'Innocente, this Italian drama focuses on that country's ongoing wave of kidnappings. The early scenes focus on a large, outwardly normal Italian family who happen to make their living by abducting wealthy children and holding them for ransom. When the family is wiped out by a rival gang, only 10-year-old Vito (Manuel Coalo) survives. Any other child would go to the police at this point, but Vito has been raised never to trust the police -- or anyone else, for that matter. There is an abundance of dramatic irony in store for the audience when the fleeing Vito is sheltered by the affluent Rienzi family, whose own child has recently been kidnapped. It soon becomes clear that Vito is simply not cut from his family's criminal cloth, and the decisions he makes show a clear sense of ethics and a determination to set right the vicious actions of his family. This marvelously multitextured film represented the directorial debut of Carlo Carlei.
• Cast: Manuel Colao, Federico Pacifici, Sal Borgese, Lucio Zagaria, Giusi Cataldo, Massimo Lodolo, Anita Zagaria, Isabelle Mantero, Nicola Di Pinto, Severino Saltarelli, Gianfranco Barra, Giovanni Pallavicino, Anna Lelio, Beppe Chierici, Ester Galazzi, Francesca Neri, Jacques Perrin, Sandro Barletta, Cesare Barbetti, Veronica Del Chiappa, Carlo Carlei
• Director: Carlo Carlei
• Runtime: 1:45
• Media Format: movie