A nightmarish fairy tale masquerading as an arty thriller, FLIGHT OF THE INNOCENT mixes fantasy and action elements with skill, but ultimately rings false.
Young Vito (Manuel Calao) is the fanciful child of hard-headed peasants from Aspromonte, the kidnapping center of Italy. His economically dispossessed father and brothers are kidnappers, and their most recent victim is the young son of the wealthy Rienzi family. Vito is the innocent of the
title, though his innocence is inevitably compromised: when he sees a single splash of blood on his father's shoe, he knows all too well what has become of the Rienzi boy. Vito's flight begins when a rival band of kidnapp...
Released:
1992
Rated:
R
Length:
105 mins