Raffaele Mertes

Carlo Carlei directed and Manuel Colao, Francesca Neri and Jacques Perrin star in this Italian thriller (originally called La Corsa Dell'Innocente) about a 10-year-old's (Colao) fight for survival. Vito's family makes a living kidnapping children and demanding ransom money for their release. But when a rival gang kills his family and their prisoner, it's up to Vito to tell the victim's family what really happened, before the mob finds him.

Filmed on location in Israel at authentic biblical sites, this inspirational drama and commercial success retells the life of Christ.